Adultery

Adultery

Adultery (also called philandery, anglicised from Latin adulterium) is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the spouse. Religious and legal interpretations of what constitutes adultery vary widely.

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Famous quotes containing the word adultery:

    “Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
    —Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:28.

    From the Sermon on the Mount.

    “Take adultery or theft.
    Merely sins.
    It is evil who dines on the soul,
    stretching out its long bone tongue.
    It is evil who tweezers my heart,
    picking out its atomic worms.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provincialism.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)