Quotes with chaste-souled

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  • Plutarch A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Edward Gibbon My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Ben Jonson Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
    Now the sun is laid to sleep,
    Seated in thy silver chair,
    State in wonted manner keep:
    Hesperus entreats thy light,
    Goddess, excellently bright.
    Cynthias Revels
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Fjodor M. Dostojewski Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
    Fjodor M. Dostojewski
    Russisch writer (1821 - 1881)
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  • Alexander Hamilton Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • John Donne Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Eric Hoffer There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Pablo Picasso Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • William Shakespeare Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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