Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968
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What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.
—Welsh proverbOne may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706There is no art without Eros.
—Max Frisch, 1983The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982A 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, 1738No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
—Zsa Zsa GaborI’ve been on more laps than a napkin.
—Mae WestSex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670