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The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible…
Quote byRichard Cecil · 1748–1810
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 348..
English (original)
The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible stands in their way. It prohibits the indulgence of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.
— Richard Cecil
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