“The Roman Christian mythology (and theology) discourages the vice of licentiousness, and so this is better than the heathen, but it encourages bigotry, hypocrisy, cant, and many another vice which the older Mother of Abominations kept clear from.” ChristianMotherClearVicesMythologyTheologyHypocrisyBigotryCantDiscouragingHeathenAbomination Author:Theodore Parker
“When liberals start acting like they're opposed to pre-marital sex and mothers having careers, you know McCain's vice presidential choice has knocked them back on their heels.” KnowsMotherChoicesSexActingCareersVicesPresidentialHeelsVice PresidentMccain Author:Ann Coulter
“Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.” MotherPassionGrowsGreaterVicesNobleSatisfiedInsatiable Author:Honore de Balzac
“[In China at that time:] The penalty for adultery is death by strangulation. Mai-da's mother has added the following note to this section; 'Adultery is a feminine vice. Copulation on the man's part is not his wife's concern, unless he sires a child. Then she must accept the child as one of his homestead.” MenChildrenMotherAcceptingWifeConcernNotesVicesFollowingChinaFemininePenaltiesInfidelitySectionsAdultery Author:Nora Waln
“To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.” CountryLawMotherMarriageLuckVicesParisEncountersStrokesIn-lawsVice VersaMother In Law Author:Honore de Balzac