Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the e

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. – Lord Chesterfield

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Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – Lord Chesterfield

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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

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My sexual preference is often. – Author Unknown

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To hear many religious people talk, one would think God created the torso, head, legs and arms, but the devil slapped on the genitals. – Don Schrader

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Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way around. – David Lodge, The British Museum Is Falling Down, 1965

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Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing. – Woody Allen

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