“People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward's argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool's paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better of for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other.” PeopleMenShouldWould BeEyeCasesWifeFoolEvidenceArgumentUnhappyParadiseHis EyesSuspectsCowardInfidelityConsolationAdmirable Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.” WifeKingsHusbandMarriedUglyInfidelityUgly WomenHenry ViiiHenry VKing Henry Author:Honore de Balzac
“one tends to suspect others of what one is guilty of oneself. The unfaithful wife is quick to suspect the husband of infidelity.” WifeHusbandOneselfGuiltySuspectsInfidelityProjectionUnfaithful Book:Auto da Fay: A Memoir Source: Auto da Fay: A Memoir
“[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
“I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.” WellsWifePoetHonorPhrasesInfidelityLechery Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.” IfsMenReasonPassionEvilOpportunityWifeCaughtObviousGuiltyInfidelityAdulteryAnother ManCaught In The Act Author:Saint Augustine