Quote by Jeremy Taylor
Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curio

Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another mans enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor. – Jeremy Taylor

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A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. – Jeremy Taylor

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alone
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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows. – Jeremy Taylor

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A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament. – Jeremy Taylor

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You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so. – Sir John Vanbrugh

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According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, most men stray. And sex doesnt mean anything to most men. But I wouldnt date a man who slept around. Absolutely not. Ive divorced people for that. – Joan Collins

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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away. – William Wycherley

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One mans folly is often another mans wife. – Helen Rowland

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