Alphonse Karr Quote

A marriageable girl is a kind of merchandise that can be negotiated at wholesale, only on condition that no one takes a part at retail.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


A marriageable girl is a kind of merchandise that can be negotiated at wholesale, only on condition that no one takes a part at retail.

A marriageable girl is a kind of merchandise that can be negotiated at wholesale, only on condition that no one takes a part at retail.

A marriageable girl is a kind of merchandise that can be negotiated at wholesale, only on condition that no one takes a part at retail.

A marriageable girl is a kind of merchandise that can be negotiated at wholesale, only on condition that no one takes a part at retail.