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Divorce is probably of nearly the same age as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

— Voltaire Questions sur l'Encyclopédie (1770)

Le divorce est probablement de la même date à peu près que le mariage. Je crois pourtant que le mariage est de quelques semaines plus ancien.

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"Divorce" (1771)

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