14 Chastity Quotes for You to Enjoy

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. Saint Augustine

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For women, Neo-Confucianism placed extra emphasis on chastity, obedience, and diligence. A good wife should have no desire other than to serve her husband, no ambition other than to produce a son, and no interest beyond subjugating herself to her husband's family - meaning, among other things, she must never remarry if widowed. Amanda Foreman

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Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. George Santayana

Too Relinquished Chastity Like Readily Skepticism Should

In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years. Taslima Nasrin

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition. Alex Comfort

Virtue More Chastity Come Malnutrition Than May Realize Eventually

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts. Barbara Cartland

Book Kind Only Chastity Counts Historical Romance Where Really

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. George Chapman

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Adam was the image of God, he was man and woman, and yet neither of them before his Eve, but a masculine virgin in peculiar love, full of chastity and purity. Jakob Bohme

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What is discipleship? It is primarily obedience to the Savior. Discipleship includes many things. It is chastity. It is tithing. It is family home evening. It is keeping all the commandments. It is forsaking anything that is not good for us. James E. Faust

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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. Jeremy Taylor

Friendship Secrecy Chastity

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public. Marquis de Sade

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. Thomas Perry

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