“Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.”

— Anatole France, book Histoire contemporaine

Ce sont les hommes qui n'aiment pas les femmes qui s'intéressent à la toilette des femmes. Et les hommes qui aiment les femmes ne voient pas seulement comment elles sont habillées.
Histoire contemporaine: L'anneau d'améthyste (1899)

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