Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between
the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth.
Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older
ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does
not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three
sets of children.
- Letters from the Earth
By temperament, which is the real law of God, many men are goats and can't help
committing adultery when they get a chance; whereas there are numbers of men
who, by temperament, can keep their purity and let an opportunity go by if the
woman lacks in attractiveness.
- Letters from the Earth
Well, it was touching to see the queen blush and smile, and look embarrassed
and happy, and fling furtive glances at Sir Launcelot that would have got him
shot in Arkansas, to a dead certainty.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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