Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

West riffs on the biblical injunction “Love thy neighbor,” turning a moral commandment into a sly joke about desire and selective virtue. The humor depends on the gap between universal, selfless love and the very particular kind of “neighbor” she describes—“tall, debonair and devastating.” In typical Mae West fashion, the line satirizes piety while celebrating erotic candor: it’s easier to be charitable when attraction is doing the work. The quip also underscores her public persona—witty, sexually self-possessed, and skeptical of moral posturing—using innuendo to expose how often ethics and appetite intertwine.