Villains are usually the worst casuists, and rush into crimes to avoid less. Henry VIII. committed murder to avoid the imputation of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
“When Ginny realized I wouldn’t ask Max for a divorce, her request became an ultimatum. One day she screamed, “Make up your… — Nick Hahn Copy Share Image
Is a BJ adultery? What? Did I miss a day of school? Of course it is! Oral sex is adultery like Curling… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
In cases of this sort, let us say adultery, rightness and wrongness do not depend on committing it with the right woman… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing,… — Bono Copy Share Image
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was… — Diana Dors Copy Share Image
“When her husband recovered, it was to shout abusively at her…. Later, when she reflected on it throughout the tedious courtroom proceedings,… — Jean Elson Copy Share Image
I'm interested in continuing our conversation about the discomfiture I picked up in the mainstream media with one particular element of this… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Others drink for sterility and commit murder on the human not yet sown. Some when they sense that they have conceived by… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen a dozen women have affairs. They are given high fives and congratulated for standing up for themselves and finally leaving… — Aaron Behr Copy Share Image
You need to identify the values that come out of that kind of belief system, because I don't see them. All the… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
How many ills spring from adultery? First the supreme law that is violated, Nobility oft stain'd with bastardy, Inheritance of land falsely… — John Webster Copy Share Image
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“He looks at Norris, exasperated. He seems to think that with eloquence, with sincerity, with frankness, he can change what is happening.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends,… — Alexander Trocchi Copy Share Image
As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
