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A secret passion defends the heart of a woman better than her moral sense.

— Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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Fontenelle disait: ‘Il n'est point de chagrin qui tienne contre une heure de lecture.’ Or, de toutes les lectures, la plus entraînante est celle des ouvrages érotiques, surtout lorsqu'ils sont accompagnés de figures expressives.

L'Anti-Justine (1798)

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