If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethove…

H. L. Mencken
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If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God, and so God may be jealous of him, and eager to see his superiority perish with his bodily frame. ✨ In Defense of Women: Human Sexuality.
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