A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670
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Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Once a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982Sex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962I’ve been on more laps than a napkin.
—Mae WestWhat reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972