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.
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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.
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.
There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.
