Who said “Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance…”?

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Percy Bysshe Shelley. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceQueen Mab (1813)

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Shelley, P. B. (n.d.). Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5378-chastity-is-a-monkish-and-evangelical-superstition-a/

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5378-chastity-is-a-monkish-and-evangelical-superstition-a/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5378-chastity-is-a-monkish-and-evangelical-superstition-a/.

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