“In order to know the worth of a virtuous husband, is it not necessary for the wife to be dispirited herself? First, give her a young man of twenty, and not only will she be fine, she'll have a reasonable husband.”

— Alain-René Lesage

La Tontine (1709)

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French writer 1668–1747

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