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“- I really gave you a good dressing down... - And I didn't mince matters in my reply.... - We were both excellent... - We were superbe. It's really only in the Palace of Justice that people know how to argue and call each other all kinds of names without really getting angry...,” plate 8 from Les Gens De Justice
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Credit line“- I really gave you a good dressing down... - And I didn't mince matters in my reply.... - We were both excellent... - We were superbe. It's really only in the Palace of Justice that people know how to argue and call each other all kinds of names without really getting angry...,” plate 8 from Les Gens De Justice. 1845. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund. CC0.
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