Famous quotes containing the words ascetic and/or died:
“The ascetic makes a necessity out of virtue.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free;”
—Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)