So sweet and delicious do I become,
when I am in bed with a man
who, I sense, loves and enjoys me,
that the pleasure I bring excels all delight,
so the knot of love, however tight
it seemed before, is tied tighter still.

Veronica Franco

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Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864

Cora Pearl

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I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness.

Cora Pearl

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