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Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.
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God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
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Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Born:
July 1, 1742
Died:
February 24, 1799
(aged 56)
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