Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
—Pablo Neruda, 1924
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Once a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
—Stendhal, 1822There is no art without Eros.
—Max Frisch, 1983What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnOne may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.
—Welsh proverbLove lasteth as long as the money endureth.
—William Caxton, 1476