Home » Quotes » Monkish Quotes

Monkish Quotations

Monkish quotations. Find, read, and share Monkish quotations. These are the best examples of Monkish quotes on PoetrySoup.

Post your quotes and then create memes or graphics from them.

Those Romans who perpetrated the rape of the Sabines, for example, did not work themselves up for the deed by screening Debbie Does Dallas, and the monkish types who burned a million or so witches in the Middle Ages had almost certainly not come across Boobs and Buns or related periodicals.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Barbara Ehrenreich |

Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Shelley |

Monkish Quotations

Member Area

Soup Social

Member Poems

Member Poets

Famous Poems

Famous Poets

Poetry Resources