Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
—Jonathan Swift, 1738
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Once a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
—Stendhal, 1822Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.
—Welsh proverbLove is giving something you haven’t got to someone who doesn’t exist.
—Jacques LacanA maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
—Zsa Zsa GaborNo woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnOne may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706