I must have really liked this character, the Earl of Rochester, a Libertine, played by Johnny Depp. Some old notes I found.
A libertine is one devoid of any restraints, especially one who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behavior sanctioned by the larger society. The philosophy gained new-found adherents in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, particularly in France and Britain. Notable among these were John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and the Marquis de Sade. "Libertine", like many words, is an evolving one, defined today as "a dissolute person; usually a person who is morally unrestrained". Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand wrote that Joseph Bonaparte "sought only life's pleasures and easy access to libertinism" while on the throne of Naples. wikipedia
Allow me to be frank at the commencement. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be repelled. You will not like me now and you will like me a good deal less as we go on. Ladies, an announcement: I am up for it, all the time. That is not a boast or an opinion, it is bone hard medical fact. I put it round you know. And you will watch me putting it round and sigh for it. Don't. It is a deal of trouble for you and you are better off watching and drawing your conclusions from a distance than you would be if I got my tarse up your petticoats. Gentlemen. Do not despair, I am up for that as well. And the same warning applies. Still your cheesy erections till I have had my say. But later when you shag - and later you will shag, I shall expect it of you and I will know if you have let me down - I wish you to shag with my homuncular image rattling in your gonads. Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope. I am John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester and I do not want you to like me.
Rochester"Any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense.
Mark it well." Rochester"In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories.
The stupid and the envious.
The stupid will like you in five years' time. The envious, never." RochesterJane: They say men fall three times.
The first is calf love.
The second is the one you marry.
Rochester: And third?
Jane: Third...
Third is your deathbed bride. You sniff her, you sniff your own shroud.mother: Anyone can drink.
Rochester: Only a few can match my determination.
mother: We who are nobility rise above the calls of the flesh.
Rochester: That is true, mother.
mother: We have our strength of will, do we not?
Rochester: I hope we do. But supposing we are perverse and use our will to bad ends?
mother: Then we search deep inside ourselves...
...and we tear out the evil.
(....Rochester seduces... mother?)
Rochester: Tear deeper mother.
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