“Ha! Dammmmmnit wife... how much funnn we had when we were eighteen.... no men no women..... just us people from Auvergne,” plate 5 from Vulgarités

“- You must come to have dinner, my wife will eat in town.. it is just us two men! - Ah, the Devil! I have a terrible headache (aside) and his wife is waiting for me!,” plate 7 from Vulgarités

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Ah! You Think Your Wife Does Not Provide Enough for You, Villain. . . .

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“Damn! They are happier than their master.... these bitches of boots... they drink!,” plate 2 from Vulgarités

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“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités

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“- Eh! my Didine, have we danced enough? - Oh, don't mention it any more, I am completely worn out - Then take off your stockings and get to bed! - Good grief, no.. really, I'm just too tired!,” plate 56 from Moeurs Conjugales

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Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa

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“There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I'm having a shave she's making a cuckold of me!,” plate 22 from Moeurs Conjugales

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“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation

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Ce n'est pas sa femme qui supporterait 5 bouteille de Champagne sans broncher!!.

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The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes

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“I don't give a damn about your Miss Sand who prevents women from mending pants and darning socks! ... We must re-establish divorce or suppress those authors!,” plate 6 from Moeurs Conjugales

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Country Amusement. “- Monsieur did not want to wait for his nephew; and Madame thought it might soon start raining, but he didn't really bother. - What an old miser! - Don't you worry, Mother Poirier, he'll pay dearly for that... more than the market price! - And right she is isn't she!,” plate 59 from Moeurs Conjugales

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