shameful quotes

  •    Cum itaque membris his vilissimis, qu× pro summ× turpitudinis exercitio pudenda vocantur, nec proprium sustinent nomen, me divina gratia mundavit potius quam privavit, quid aliud egit quam ad puritatem munditi× conservandam sordida removit et vitia. When divine grace cleansed rather than deprived me of those most vile members which from their grossly depraved activity are called 'pudenda' ['shameful'], having no proper name of their own, what else did it do but remove filth and foulness so as to preserve unblemished purity?

    - Peter Abelard
    c.1135  Of his castration. Second letter to He  lo|«  se.

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