Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1684 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) |
| QUOTATION: | I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Sex |