"She further said to me: 'I do not wish others to see me too carelessly dressed; now, I love my husband more than I love others; therefore it is not fitting that I should appear before him without first washing myself.' And that, too, has an air of truth, Petrovna; why do we covet our neighbors' wives? Because we always see them dressed up, while we see our own in careless array."

—N. G. Chernyshevsky, What is to be Done?