Once a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100
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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
—Stendhal, 1822Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
—Jonathan Swift, 1738Love lasteth as long as the money endureth.
—William Caxton, 1476Sex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnSex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972