The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to…

H. L. Mencken
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The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt to be too cynical a creature to dream at all. ✨ H. L. Mencken (2015). In Defense of Women: Human Sexuality, p.9, 谷月社
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The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt to be too cynical a creature to dream at all. ✨ H. L. Mencken (2015). In Defense of Women: Human Sexuality, p.9, 谷月社

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