From The Catholic Virtues: Seven Pillars of a Good Life by Mitch Finley (Liguori Publications):
Mae West was one of the most popular movie stars of the 1930s and a flamboyant sex symbol. She was famous for her come-hither
remark to various men, “Come on up and see me sometime.” There are many amusing anecdotes about Mae West, for example:
“Goodness, Mae,” said a friend, on greeting her, “where did you get
those beautiful pearls?”
“Never mind,” said Mae, “but you can take it from me goodness had nothing to do with it.”
The character Mae West played, even in her private life, wanted nothing to do with virtue because when she talked about virtue it was always virtue in the worst sense of the word. A virtuous person was, for the melodramatic Mae, automatically a puritanical person, a party pooper and a spoil sport. On the contrary, by a virtuous person I mean one who is capable of embracing life and living it to the full. Indeed, we will insist that only the genuinely good person is capable of enjoying life because the virtuous person finds the mystery of joy and love in all created things.
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