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Phrase of the day 12/15

jim_1 (Zone 5B)

3 years ago

Gay Lothario

The 18th-century equivalent of today’s “swinger,” a chap who played fast and loose with the affections of many females, got his name a character in the play The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe (1703). He is described as “that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario” and predictably, seduces the heroine, Calista, the fair penitent. Lothario himself, of course showed no signs of penitence, that being against the code of the fashionable and unscrupulous rake.

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Jasdip
3 years ago
Jim, may I tag along on your post and share a quote? I like quotes.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. Kahill Gibran
stacey_mb
3 years ago
"Lothario himself, of course showed no signs of penitence, that being against the code of the fashionable and unscrupulous rake."

Some things never change!
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jim_1 (Zone 5B)
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3 years ago
I have lots and lots of quotes on a Word document. I have restrained myself from sharing a couple of gazillion with you folks. Maybe some day, when I am closer to senility, I will do that anyway!!!

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