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# ...“I think I understand him,” said Gargantua. “It puts me in mind of the answer of an ancient philosopher who was asked whether he had possessed a certain woman of whom people were speaking: ‘I have her, yes,’ replied the philosopher, ‘but she has never
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...“I think I understand him,” said Gargantua. “It puts me in mind of the answer of an ancient philosopher who was asked whether he had possessed a certain woman of whom people were speaking: ‘I have her, yes,’ replied the philosopher, ‘but she has never had me; I possessed her without being possessed by her.’”  
“So answered a serving-maid in Sparta,” said Pantagruel. “She was asked whether she had ever had dealings with a man. She replied that she herself never had, but that men had sometimes had dealings with her...”

François Rabelais. Gargantua and Pantagruel