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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For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. – Lord Chesterfield

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Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. – Lord Chesterfield

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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. – Lord Chesterfield

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Flies spread disease — keep yours zipped. – Author Unknown

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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Bread-Winner

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The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species. – Leonardo da Vinci

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My message to businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop them catching AIDS, and that is the wife. – Edwina Currie, quoted in The Observer, 1987 February 15th

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