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    Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
    And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
    A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't
    Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her
    As chaste as unsunned snow.

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So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand read more

So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand liveried angels lacky her,
Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.

by John Milton Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.

Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

by St. Augustine Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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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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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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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

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Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one read more

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

by Mary Baker Eddy Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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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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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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