Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains.

— Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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