“I sleep poorly. This long abstinence is destroying me. My na…”

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“I sleep poorly. This long abstinence is destroying me. My nature needs frequent contacts with the beautiful gender. I don't understand how priests can live like this.”

— Leopold II of Belgium

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Title: Wikiquote: Leopold II of Belgium
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Belgium, Leopold II of. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Leopold II of Belgium. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium

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