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YOU SEE, BOURGEOIS, YOU ARE IN THE BEST AGE AND IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE, YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM TO STAY ABOVE THE WATER. THIS IS FLATTERING FOR YOUR INSTRUCTOR. TAKE A FEW LESSONS AND DRINK A GLASS OR TWO IN BETWEEN, YOU’LL SEE, IT WILL WORK WONDERS.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE HE'S YOUR FRIEND, AND BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ME BY YOU THAT I WILL LET HIM SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAST 20 SHARES OF MY COLOSSAL NEWSPAPER THE EUROPEAN.... IT WILL BE A GOLD MINE, AND ONE DAY, HE WILL THANK YOU PROPERLY FOR IT.
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
THE PANCAKES. WHAT THE HECK ... I THINK I'LL HAVE THIS ONE MYSELF.
TO IMAGINE THAT NEXT YEAR I WILL BE EXHIBITED AND THAT EVERYBODY IN PARIS WILL SEE ME...IT IS KIND OF FLATTERING, ISN'T IT DEAR!...
VERY HIGH AND MIGHTY LEGITIMIST BRATS. PEOPLES, DEFEND YOURSELVES, TEAR YOURSELVES TO PIECES, SACRIFICE YOURSELVES FOR THESE ROYALS, YOU BELONG TO THEM, IMBECILES.
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TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL. STRICT GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC'S FINANCES, CITIZEN TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL NEVER SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE TREASURE, EVEN WHEN HE GOES TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS VERY EASY FOR HIM TO CARRY IT OVER HIS SHOULDER. THIS MINISTER HAS AN OBSESSION, WHICH IS MAKING HIM QUITE UNHAPPY; HE WANTS TO BALANCE REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURE, BUT HE CANNOT FIND THE MEANS TO THIS END.... ALSO, HE DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE SAYING TO HIM: - HAVE
THAT GOOD M. RATAPOIL....HE HAS PROMISED THEM THAT AFTER HAVING SIGNED THE PETITION, LARKS WOULD BE FALLING DOWN ON THEIR BUTTERED TOAST!

Honoré Daumier

Siméon

1832

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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Robert Macaire business agent. – By the devil! It’s really admirable of you to break your back to pay off your debts, my good chap, wipe them out at once! – But how? – Good heavens! Bring me your books, I’ll put them in order, it’s my specialty, we’ll settle for a few liabilities, a large number of assets, we’ll assemble your creditors, we’ll offer five percent to be paid over ten years, you won’t give them anything during the ten years, in ten years’ time you’ll start again, your creditors will be dead, the debts forgotten and nobody will say a word about it.

Robert Macaire business agent. – By the devil! It’s really admirable of you to break your back to pay off your debts, my good chap, wipe them out at once! – But how? – Good heavens! Bring me your books, I’ll put them in order, it’s my specialty, we’ll settle for a few liabilities, a large number of assets, we’ll assemble your creditors, we’ll offer five percent to be paid over ten years, you won’t give them anything during the ten years, in ten years’ time you’ll start again, your creditors will be dead, the debts forgotten and nobody will say a word about it.

Honoré Daumier

1837
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French, 1808-1879
Nationality: French