milk-and-morality-her

Updated: May 3, 2025

We say "her," not because, physically considered, the Y. P. is necesarily of the she sex; more commonly is it an irreclaimable male; but morally and intellectually it is an unmixed female. Her virtues are merely milk-and-morality-her intelligence is pure spiritual whey.

Ambrose Bierce - The Fiend's Delight