as a naive, German peasant who moves to Berlin
and suffers much heartache. It was based on the 1908 novel Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann
and the subsequent 1914 play, The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon
. A remake of the 1918 silent The Song of Songs
starring Elsie Ferguson and the 1924 Lily of the Dust
with Pola Negri
The great advantage of abstinence education is that it introduces teenagers to hypocrisy at an early age.
Let the fundamentalist Christians raise losers. I want my teenagers to have as much sex as they can possibly get.
If God wanted teenagers to be abstinent, puberty would begin at twenty.
Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
Usez, n'abusez point […] L'abstinence ou l'excès ne fit jamais d'heureux.