"The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by……" — Joseph Haydn

The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends… - Joseph Haydn

"The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect originally, but to find by their breath whether they had been drinking wine, this being criminal for women to do, as it sometimes led to adultery."

— Joseph Haydn

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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
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