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22 April 2007
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Today's quotation
In Paris, the purest virtue is the object of the filthiest slander.
–Honoré Balzac (1799-1850), in Scènes de la vie privée
À Paris, la vertu la plus pure est l'objet des plus sales calomnies.
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Well...duh!
Posted by: isabella | 23 April 2007 at 19:41
awesome.
Posted by: maitresse | 24 April 2007 at 13:45