“ It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ If a few lustful and erotic reveries make the housework go by "as if in a dream," why not? ”
- Nancy Friday- Copy
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“ Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful. ”
- Mortimer Adler- Copy
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“ Look you, Doubloon, your zodiac here is the life of man in one round chapter. To begin: there's Aries, or the Ram — lecherous dog, he begets us; then, Taurus, or the Bull — he bumps us the first thing; then Gemini, or the Twins — that is, Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue, when lo! comes Cancer the Crab, and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring Lion, lies in the path — he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his paw; we escape, and hail Virgo, the virgin! that's our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales — happiness weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in rear; we are curing the wound, when come the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the Archer, is amusing himself… ”
- Herman Melville- Copy
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