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    Mine honor's such a ring;
    My chastity's the jewel of our house,
    Bequeathed down from many ancestors,
    Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world
    In me to lose.

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I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with read more

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.

by John Donne Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.

As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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The noble sister of Publicola,
The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle
That's curded by the read more

The noble sister of Publicola,
The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle
That's curded by the frost from purest snow
And hangs on Dian's temple--dear Valeria!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia read more

When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.]

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Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

by Anatole France Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

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That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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