A man’s jealousy is a social institution; a woman’s prostitution is an instinct. Originally published in Beim Wort genommen (1955). Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths, University of Chicago Press (1990) [Trans. by Harry Zohn] Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. Morality is a venereal [...]
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