Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Proverbs 5:18-20
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Proverbs 7:8-27
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Luke 16:18
It’s six isn't it? Jeremy Kyle Show 25th March 2015, ‘I won’t sleep with my fiancé until she passes the lie detector!’
Men do these things. Anna Karenina 1985 starring Jaqueline Bisset & Christopher Reeve & Paul Scofield & Ian Ogilvy & Anna Massey & Joanna David & Judi Bowker & Valerie Lush & Judy Campbell et al, director Simon Langton, Anna to sister in law
I know what it was. We both do. ibid. Vronsky
I will leave this room. I will leave this house. I will be his. I will have him. I love him. ibid. Anna to hubby
Why isn’t love enough? ibid. Anna to Vronsky
Paperwork is the soul of Russia; farming is only the stomach. Anna Karenina 2012 starring Keira Knightley & Jude Law & Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Kelly MacDonald & Ruth Wilson & Matthew MacFadyen & Alicia Vikander & Olivia Williams & Emily Watson & Michelle Dockery & Holliday Grainger et al, director Joe Wright, geezer
Oh to be your age again. Surrounded by that blue mist. ibid. Anna
I’m damned anyway. ibid. Anna
I love him. I am his mistress. ibid. Anna to husband
I’m having his child. ibid.
I’m a bad woman. ibid.
Charles II … He famously fathered seventeen bastards by a plethora of mistresses. Monarchy by David Starkey s3e1: Return of the King, Channel 4 2006
I think Bob’s going to cheat on me with his new secretary. The Office US s5e27: Cafe Disco, Phyllis to Dwight
Senator Lipton and I are having an affair. The Office US s9e6: The Boat, Oscar
When you’re in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all but only a confusion. Dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood. Like a house in a whirlwind or else a boat crushed by the icebergs or swept over the rapids. And all aboard are powerless to stop it. It’s only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all when you’re telling it to yourself. Or to someone else. Stories We Tell, 2012
Every family has a story. ibid.
Mum was doing plays. And she met Michael in one of those plays. ibid.
Dad says mum wanted sex a lot more than he did. ibid.
This marriage had grown stale … He knew he disappointed her. ibid.
One day someone said Sarah did not look at all like her father. ibid.
This actor in the play might have been the father. ibid.
As he wrestled with the colossal burden of power he was also confronted with secret, private pleasures. This is the story of an affair that has remained hidden for 80 years. The story of sensual, intimate compromising portraits. A tale of romance and tragedy. Secret History: Churchill’s Secret Affair, Channel 4 2018
It’s the story of a marriage on the brink of collapse. And of how Churchill’s reckless holiday romance came back to haunt him: Doris Castlerosse. ibid.
Clementine’s travelling companion was an art dealer called Terence Philip. ibid.
Mom, your boyfriend’s here. Ray Donovan s2e12: The Captain, Bridget answers front door
We’ll put this [news of affair] behind us just like we’ve always done. House of Cards s2e9: Chapter 22, Frank to Claire
But all too often royal marriages aren’t what they might seem. The Royal Family: Affairs & Infidelities, Channel 5 2019
Captain James Hewitt served in the life guards … The pair met in 1985 five years after Diana had married Prince Charles. ibid.
In the 1950s the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, caused one of the earliest tabloid scandals when she tried to marry the divorcee Peter Townsend … In 1976 photographs of her in Mustique would send the press into a frenzy. ibid.
‘I don’t know that Anne had that much in common with her husband [Mark Phillips].’ ibid. royal watcher
The media were starting to take a close look at Fergie’s friendship with Wyatt. ibid.
Diana and Camilla were absolute love rivals. ibid.
I thought something was going on. I sort of sensed it. And you notice little things, oh silly little things but they all add up. When I knew I hated you. With that blind sort of hate. Fox VIII: If It’s Good Enough for New Orleans, It’s Good Enough for Clapham, Connie to Billy’s mistress
I have not had an affair with Petronella. It is complete balderdash. It is an inverted pyramid of piffle. It is all completely untrue and ludicrous conjecture. I am amazed people can write this drivel. Boris Johnson, cited Simon Walters, Mail on Sunday 7 November 2004, ‘Boris, Petsy and a ‘Pyramid of Piffle’’
I’m fascinated by modern family life. I want to find out about Britain’s more unusual households. Lifestyles that others might judge … I’m on route to go and meet a polyamorous couple. Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, W 2019
‘We’ll go on dates, go to parties, and have more short-term experiences.’ ibid. wife
Boris Johnson has never been one to play by the rules: now he’s facing two official inquiries into his ethical conduct when he was London mayor. Not for the first time he’s in trouble over his relationship with a woman. A young American entrepreneur – Jennifer Arcuri, who called him for a favour. Exposure: When Boris Met Jennifer, ITV 2019
Mr Johnson failed to declare his relationship with Jennifer Arcuri while her business interests benefited from it. ibid.
I’m an ordinary sort of person. It may be hard to believe but I never longed for the spotlight. But somehow the spotlight found me. The Trial of Christine Keeler I, Christine, BBC 2019
Then I met John Profumo. I’m 19 years old. ibid.
I just wanna have a bit of fun, you know. ibid. Mandy to Christine