Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; …

Mark Twain
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Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed. ✨ Mark Twain (2009). Mark Twain’s Book of Animals, p.119, Univ of California Press
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