Infidelity

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Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.

William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

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Flaws of men Nature of men Men and women Infidelity Relationships

Speaker

Balthasar

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Much Ado About Nothing

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1600 1600s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

A man gonna be a man. A man is basically as faithful as his options. That’s how faithful a man is, no more, no less.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Infidelity

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

A most conventional way to rise above the conventional.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Infidelity

Speaker

Vladimir Nabokov

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Talking about the novel Madame Bovary. c. 1948, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. "Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary." Lectures on Literature, edited by Fredson Bowers. Mariner Books, 2002.

The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

John Updike

Couples

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Infidelity

Author

John Updike

Source

Couples

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, ch. 5.

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Infidelity Marriage

Speaker

Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

To my wife and all my sweethearts. May they never meet.

Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

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Infidelity Affairs

Speaker

Rick Dalton

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio

Source

Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Statement Type

Toast

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Columbia Pictures/Bona Film Group/Heyday Films/Visiona Romantica, 2019.

Those who are faithful know only the pleasures of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Infidelity Betrayal Dangers of love Love

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890. ch. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 1.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

God

Exodus 20:14

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Topic

Infidelity Marriage The Ten Commandments

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:14).

When guys cheat, it’s like we want something new. But then you know what happens? Your woman finds out, and now she’s new. She is never the same again.

Chris Rock

Tamborine

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Infidelity Men and women

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Tamborine

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Tamborine. Netflix, 14 Feb. 2018.

The psychology of adultery has been falsified by conventional morals, which assume, in monogamous countries, that attraction to one person cannot coexist with a serious affection for another. Everybody knows that this is untrue.

Bertrand Russell

Marriage and Morals

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Infidelity

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Marriage and Morals

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. Marriage and Morals. Allen & Unwin, 1929, ch. 16.

Is it infidelity if you're involved with somebody on email?

You've Got Mail

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Infidelity Affairs

Speaker

Kathleen Kelly

Actor

Meg Ryan

Source

You've Got Mail

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

You've Got Mail. Directed by Nora Ephron, Lauren Shuler Donner Productions, 1998.

In Marriage without love, there will be Love without Marriage.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Infidelity Lack of love Marriage Love

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1734 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1734.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Doesn't it bother you at all that you're married?

Gilda

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Affairs Infidelity

Speaker

Johnny Farrell

Actor

Glenn Ford

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Jesus

Matthew 5:28-30

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Lust Infidelity

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:28-30).

I'm not sitting here because I'm some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I am sitting here because I love him and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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American politics Infidelity

Speaker

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Source

60 Minutes

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Clinton, Hillary. Interview on 60 Minutes. CBS-TV, 26 Jan. 1992.

No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.

Sir John Vanbrugh

The Relapse

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Infidelity Relationship challenges

Speaker

Berinthia

Author

Sir John Vanbrugh

Source

The Relapse

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Vanbrugh, John, Sir. The Relapse. Performed by Colley Cibber, Mary Kent, John Verbruggen, and Jane Rogers. Patent Company, 1696, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Vanbrugh, John, Sir. "The Relapse." The Relapse and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 3, sc. 2.