"Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as……" — Jared Diamond

"Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our mates is that many of us are looking for someone who reminds us of our parent or sibling of the opposite sex, who in turn resembles us."

— Jared Diamond

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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if… — Saint Augustine
Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses. — Charles Baudelaire
I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects,… — Bono
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. — Edmund Burke
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion,… — Samuel Butler
I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do… — Jimmy Carter
Marriage is a land mine. A really intimate land mine. Adultery to kitchen fires. Never a dull [moment]. — Nora Roberts
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a… — W. Somerset Maugham
Is it adultery if I'm committing it at one end of a guy and he's committing it at the other… — Dan Savage
The first breathe of adultery is the freest. — John Updike
The Bible identifies 15 crimes against the family worthy of the death penalty. ABORTION is treason against the family and… — R.J. Rushdoony
Others drink for sterility and commit murder on the human not yet sown. Some when they sense that they have… — St. Jerome

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