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Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.

Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.

by James Thomson (1) 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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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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An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.

An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.

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Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
A pudency so read more

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

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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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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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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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