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21 " Was once lost always lost really true of chastity? "
― Thomas Hardy
22 " For the briefest of moments his eyes sparkled before dimming again. “However much I would love to get into a discussion about chastity belts, now is not the time. The people we were fighting were not human in the strictest sense of the word. "
― Aimee Duffy , Once Upon A Twist
23 " Sunny - If you can explain yourself before someone kicks your ass, count your blessings and give some thought to going back to the priesthood.Nick - I would, but now-a-days that vow of chastity might be a problem. "
24 " ...homosexuality is the direct result of chastity in women. "
― James Jones
25 " Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts. "
― Virginia Woolf , A Room of One's Own
26 " In the nineteenth century, girls who learned to develop orgasmic capacity by masturbation were regarded as medical problems. Often they were 'treated' or 'corrected' by amputation or cautery of the clitoris or 'miniature chastity belts,' sewing the vaginal lips together to put the clitoris out of reach, and even castration by surgical removal of the ovaries. But there are no references in the medical literature to the surgical removal of testicles or amputation of the penis to stop masturbation in boys.In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948-- on a five-year-old girl. "
― Eve Ensler , The Vagina Monologues
27 " I adhere to the law of chastity because I don’t believe in pushing women. That’s what it means to be a man. I don’t hurt others simply to make myself feel superior. Gossip can ruin a woman as surely as unchaste behavior. True men don’t indulge in either. We don’t need to. "
― Courtney Milan , Unclaimed (Turner, #2)
28 " Those who treat the muslim woman not as an individual but as a symbol either of Islamic chastity or secular liberalism are guilty of the same sin : the objectification of women "
― Reza Aslan
29 " I get a little angry about this highhanded scrapping of the look of things. What else have we to go by? How else can the average person form an opinion of a girl's sense of values or even of her chastity except by the looks of her conduct? "
30 " The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most it is not he who gives alms or is most eminent for temperance chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God. "
31 " It is foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife. "
32 " Poverty chastity and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them. "
33 " Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance silence order resolution frugality industry sincerity justice moderation cleanliness tranquility chastity and humility. "
34 " Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity. "
35 " The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage. "
36 " Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. "
37 " In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. "
