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Wait... Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?
Oh. I didnโt know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachts_sind_alle_Katzen_grau
Apparently it was originally adapted from Don Quixote
I'm sure it is, it's just because my first experience with it was through that letter, so now it's ruined for me.
Excuse me the what now
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress?wprov=sfla1
Learn and be scarred
From reading the text, I speculate that Franklin was alluding to the preexisting saying as well -- alluding to the cat in the dark as an accepted axiom.
That would make sense, cleverly recontextualizing a regular saying. It would fit the tone of the letter to do that humorously