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- ↑ Pierre L. Horn, ed., Handbook of French Popular Culture (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991), ISBN 978-0313261213, p. 41. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ↑ Dumas, Alexandre (1871). Les Mohicans de Paris (in French). Vol. I. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, éditeurs. p. 232 . Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Cherchez la femme, pardieu ! cherchez la femme !
- ↑ Dumas, Alexandre (1889). Théâtre complet (in French). Vol. XXIV. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, éditeurs. p. 103 . Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires; aussitôt qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis: « Cherchez la femme ! »
- ↑ Macdonald, Ross (1963), The Chill, p. 175 of Vintage Books reissue edition ISBN 0679768076
