French Literary Quotes about "robe"

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D'un magistrat ignorant C'est la robe qu'on salue.

From an ignorant magistrate It is the dress that we salute.

Jean de La Fontaine Château-Thierry 1621-Paris 1695 Fables, l'Âne portant des reliques

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La robe est parfois plus humaine que le corps.

The dress is sometimes more human than the body.

Jean Follain Canisy, Manche, 1903-Paris 1971 Usage du temps Gallimard

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