A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.
Jeremy TaylorAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: british
- Born: August 15, 1613
- Died: August 13, 1667
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