Nos quatre libertins, a moitie ivres, mais resolus pourtant d'observer leurs lois, se contenterent de baisers, d'attouchements, mais que leur tete libertine sut assaisonner de tous les raffinements de la debauche et de la lubricite.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A depiction of four intoxicated individuals engaging in refined debauchery.
- In plain terms
- Drunk men agreed to limit themselves but added sophisticated details.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-imposed limits can be undermined by creativity in excess.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why impose limits if you intend to break them?
- How does group behavior change decision making?
Another view
It implies that physical contact is the only limit.
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