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Chastity Is A Monkish And Evangelical Superstition, A Greater Foe To Natural Temperance Even Than Unintellectual Sensuality
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Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe
to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes
at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half
of the human race to misery.
-- Shelley
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No greater grief than to remember days Of joy when misery is at hand.
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