Sefer ben Sirah — Chapter 23
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A heated being is like burning fire; it is not extinguished until it consumes. A sexually corrupt Adam within his fleshly body does not cease until he has kindled a fire. To a sexually corrupt Adam every bread is sweet; he does not rest until he reaches completion.