In those countries where the morals are the most dissolute, the language is the most severe; as if they would replace on the lips what has deserted the heart.


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


In those countries where the morals are the most dissolute, the language is the most severe; as if they would replace on the lips what has deserted...

In those countries where the morals are the most dissolute, the language is the most severe; as if they would replace on the lips what has deserted...

In those countries where the morals are the most dissolute, the language is the most severe; as if they would replace on the lips what has deserted...

In those countries where the morals are the most dissolute, the language is the most severe; as if they would replace on the lips what has deserted...