Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972
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One may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706Love is giving something you haven’t got to someone who doesn’t exist.
—Jacques LacanOnce a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
—Zsa Zsa GaborI’ve been on more laps than a napkin.
—Mae WestSex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982