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Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education. -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways. -- Eve Ensler
Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth. -- Jason Evert
The grotesque prudishness and archness with which garlic is treated in [England] has led to the superstition that rubbing the bowl with it before putting the salad in gives sufficient flavor. It rather depends whether you are going to eat the bowl or the salad. -- Elizabeth David

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