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Erotica: the depiction of naked men. Depictions of naked women are far less innocent and are known as "pornography".

— Richard Summerbell Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary (1985)

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People don't grow up — they just begin to overestimate their own importance.

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It is not sufficient to have compassion only for those who are cute.

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The faith that education would destroy intolerance is false. It may be partly true, but people find that intolerance is fun.

Immoral (definition): Obsolete expression meaning "politically incorrect".

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All that is required of us, in our "new sexual ethic," is that we have sex in a way that favours us more than it favours our diseases.

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