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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A womans chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. -

A womans chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The generative energy, which, when we are loose, dissipates and makes us unclean, when we are continent invigorates and inspires us. Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and the like, are but various fruits which succeed it. – Henry David Thoreau

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An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity. – Michel de Montaigne

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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. – Eric Hoffer

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How happy is the blameless vestals lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot. – Alexander Pope

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