Adultery Quotes - Page 2

• The curse of marriage
  That we can call these delicate creatures ours
  And not their appetites!

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Vapor, Appetite

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260

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• Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, an infidelity far more threatening than adultery.

  Molly Haskell

  Solitude, Infidelity, Threatening

  Molly Haskell (1992). “Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir”, Citadel Press

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• Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

  Prince Charles

  Mistress, Firsts, Wales

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

  Edmund Burke

  Forgiving, Murder, Preaching

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• What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.

  Lord Byron

  God, Men, Climate

  Don Juan canto 1, st. 63 (written 1818)

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• It's okay for a man to commit adultery if his wife is ugly.

  Howard Stern

  Men, Wife, Ugly

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• Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight

  William Shakespeare

  Sight, Doe, Wrens

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 6, l. [110]

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• The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.

  Anthony Burgess

  Love, Marriage, Sex

  "You've Had Your Time, Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess". Book by Anthony Burgess, 1990.

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• If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous hopes, and commit sin only after wandering through a maze of sorrows.

  Honore de Balzac

  Sorrow, Mazes, Sin

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• The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch.

  Anthony Burgess

  Divorce, America, Auras

  Anthony Burgess (1990). “You've had your time: being the second part of the confessions of Anthony Burgess”, Heinemann Educational Books

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• Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

  H. L. Mencken

  Love, Marriage, Infidelity

  "A Mencken Chrestomathy". Book by H. L. Mencken, 1949.

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• But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime.

  Liam Neeson

  Sex, Argument, Crime

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• That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way.

  Nicole Kidman

  Believe, Kids, Two

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• A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

  William Wycherley

  Country, Night, House

  'The Country Wife' (1672-3) act 1, sc. 1

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• God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do

  Jim Bakker

  Responsibility, Men, Matter

  "Larry King Weekend", www.cnn.com. June 24, 2001.

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• The only grounds for divorce in California are marriage.

  Cher

  Divorce, California, Southern California

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it.

  Arthur Hugh Clough

  Advantage, Commit

  'The Latest Decalogue' (1862)

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• According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not, I've divorced people for that

  Joan Collins

  Sex, Mean, Men

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• Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

  Lactantius

  Savages, Mars, Venus

  Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.40, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.

  John Updike

  Lying, Deceit, Lateness

  "Couples". Book by John Updike, 1968.

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• Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

  Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

  Husband, Italian, Mistress

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• There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provocation.

  Aldous Huxley

  Marriage, Taken, Provincialism

  'Antic Hay' (1923) ch. 10

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• Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody?

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, God, Sorry

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• I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

  Jimmy Carter

  Crazy, Heart, Patriotic

  "Style Invitational Week 1055: A K-contest to honor the K of 1K blots of ink; plus anagrams". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2014.

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• Just as a husband cannot be indulgent of adultery in his wife, so also God cannot and will not endure infidelity in us. What would we think of a man or woman who does not experience jealous feelings when another person approaches his or her spouse and threatens to win his or her affection? We would regard such a person as deficient in moral character and lacking in true love.

  Sam Storms

  Husband, Jealous, Character

  Sam Storms (2014). “Pleasures Evermore: The Life-Changing Power of Enjoying God”, p.144, Tyndale House

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