“God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman.”

—  Victor Hugo

Dieu s'est fait homme; soit. Le diable s'est fait femme!
Ruy Blas (1838), Act II, Scene V http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Ruy_Blas#ACTE_2_SCENE_5

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Dieu s'est fait homme; soit. Le diable s'est fait femme!

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