Adultery Quotes
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
H. L. Mencken -
As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they are married, and called husband and wife. If during the time of bearing children anything of the sort occur, let the guilty person be punished with a loss of privileges in proportion to the offense.
Aristotle
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Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.
Allan Sherman -
Jesus says, “You have heard it said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife should give her a certificate of divorce’ a command found in Deut. 24:1, but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife for reason other than sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” It is hard to see how one can follow Moses’ command to give a certificate of divorce, if in fact divorce is not an option.
Bart Ehrman -
Something smells fishy and they say it's you, all I know is that you made it with the whole damn crew.
LL Cool J -
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 -
Melinda was mine 'til the time that I found her holding Jim, loving him.
Neil Diamond -
No adultery is bloodless.
Natalia Ginzburg
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
Bette Midler -
Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.
Vladimir Nabokov -
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 -
I went down to my baby's house and I sit down on her steps. She said, now come on in now, you know, my husband just left.
Muddy Waters -
The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.
William Nicholson -
Adultery is the injury of nature.
Plato
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Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
Samuel Butler -
I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.
Vicki Baum -
I'm coming on home to you instead cause they're all too ugly tonight.
Jerry Lee Lewis -
On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?
Paul Newman -
One must have all the virtues to sleep well. Shall I bear false witness? Shall I commit adultery? Shall I covet my neighbor's maid? All that would go ill with good sleep.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
There are those who, while reading a book, recall, compare, conjure up emotions from other, previous readings. This is one of the most delicate forms of adultery.
Ezequiel Martinez Estrada
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Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?
William Congreve -
There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations.
Evan Osnos -
I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner.
Erica Jong -
Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight
William Shakespeare