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“À quelle heure, s'il vous plaît?”

— Victor Hugo

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Victor Hugo
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Context

At what hour, please? retort to Victor Cousin, after he claimed he could pinpoint the start of the (perceived) decay of the French language: 1978.

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Hugo, Victor. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Victor Hugo. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

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