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- A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous… — William Hazlitt
- A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute. — C.S. Lewis
- A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility. — Jean Cocteau
- What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions… — Claud Cockburn
- Prig and philistine, Ph.D. and C.P.A., despot of English 218c and big shot of the Kiwanis Club-how much, at bottom, they both… — Louis Kronenberger
- It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. — George Santayana
- The lingering laughter fled from his eyes as he realized that he'd given himself away. "Where's Fiddle now?" "Safe and cared for.… — Hilari Bell
- A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions. — George Eliot
- Smarmy little prig,” Will snarled, leaning father forward, as if he longed to reach through the magical portal and strangle Gabriel. “When… — Cassandra Clare
- The transition from libertine to prig was so complete. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig. — N. T. Wright
- If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is… — Woodrow Wilson