{"id":14445,"date":"2025-11-16T09:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/humour-esprit-9\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:50:35","slug":"humour-esprit-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/humour-esprit-9\/","title":{"rendered":"humour (esprit)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Humour noir, humour juif ou belge, anglais ou tr\u00e8s fran\u00e7ais, ironie ou sarcasme, esprit l\u00e9ger ou lourde plaisanterie, \u00e0 chacun son humour et sa d\u00e9finition. Il y a des classiques incontestables. Humour involontaire et humour dat\u00e9 (anachronisme) offrent aussi quelques perles. En 2017, \u00e0 travers les citations du jour, nous relevons le d\u00e9fi d\u2019une histoire par l\u2019humour.<\/p>\n

Cliquez sur une citation pour la consulter dans son contexte historique.Retour \u00e0 l\u2019index<\/a><\/p>\n

Affichage de 201 \u2013 225 sur 315. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Trochu\u00a0: participe pass\u00e9 du verbe trop choir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor <\/span>HUGO<\/span><\/span> (1802-1885)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Assembl\u00e9e refuse la parole \u00e0 M.\u00a0Victor Hugo, parce qu\u2019il ne parle pas fran\u00e7ais\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Vicomte de <\/span>LORGERIL<\/span><\/span> (1811-1888), Assembl\u00e9e nationale, Bordeaux, 8\u00a0mars 1871<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Monsieur Thiers, tous les matins, annonce que d\u00e8s le soir, entre les neuf heures, neuf heures un quart, il fera son entr\u00e9e dans la capitale sauvage du monde civilis\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri <\/span>ROCHEFORT<\/span><\/span> (1831-1913), Le Mot d\u2019ordre<\/cite>, 16\u00a0avril 1871<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La R\u00e9publique, en France, a ceci de particulier que personne n\u2019en veut et que tout le monde y tient.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Comte de <\/span>GOBINEAU<\/span><\/span> (1816-1882), La Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise et ce qu\u2019elle vaut<\/cite> (1873)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0R\u00e9publicains. \u2013 Les r\u00e9publicains ne sont pas tous des voleurs, mais les voleurs sont tous r\u00e9publicains.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Gustave <\/span>FLAUBERT<\/span><\/span> (1821-1880), Dictionnaire des id\u00e9es re\u00e7ues<\/cite> (posthume, 1913)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il y a deux organes inutiles\u00a0: la prostate et le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Nous sommes gueux comme des rats d\u2019\u00e9glise.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Adolphe <\/span>THIERS<\/span><\/span> (1797-1877), au gouverneur de la Banque de France, faisant allusion aux finances de l\u2019\u00c9tat, 24 mars 1871<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Chef, c\u2019est un qualificatif de cuisinier\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Adolphe <\/span>THIERS<\/span><\/span> (1797-1877)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il faut tout prendre au s\u00e9rieux, mais rien au tragique.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Adolphe <\/span>THIERS<\/span><\/span> (1797-1877), Discours \u00e0 la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 24\u00a0mai 1873<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le duc de Broglie caresse la France, mais c\u2019est \u00e0 rebrousse-poil\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Edmond <\/span>ABOUT<\/span><\/span> (1828-1885)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Je sens une odeur de sacristie qui monte.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

George <\/span>SAND<\/span><\/span> (1804-1876), Lettre \u00e0 Flaubert (1873)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Premier magistrat du pays,L\u2019honneur me met, je vous l\u2019atteste,Au-dessus de tous les partis.Aussi, Messieurs, j\u2019y suis, j\u2019y reste.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul <\/span>AVENEL<\/span><\/span> (1823-1902), J\u2019y suis, j\u2019y reste<\/cite> (1873), chanson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il est assez difficile que M. Mac-Mahon nous dise ce qu\u2019il veut, puisqu\u2019il ne peut m\u00eame pas nous apprendre ce qu\u2019il est. C\u2019est ce qu\u2019on appelle en photographie un n\u00e9gatif, et en histoire naturelle un mulet.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri <\/span>ROCHEFORT<\/span><\/span> (1831-1913), La Lanterne<\/cite>, 1874<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 reculons, nous entrons dans la R\u00e9publique\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u00e9on <\/span>GAMBETTA<\/span><\/span> (1838-1882), La R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il sera cardinal avant moi\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Monseigneur <\/span>DUPANLOUP<\/span><\/span> (1802-1878)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La monture a l\u2019air intelligent, ma foi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u00e9gende d\u2019un portrait de Mac-Mahon \u00e0 cheval, \u00e9t\u00e9 1877<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Gambetta [\u2026] ce n\u2019est pas du fran\u00e7ais, c\u2019est du cheval\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jules <\/span>GR\u00c9VY<\/span><\/span> (1807-1891)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il s\u2019agit toujours du m\u00eame.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Jadis on \u00e9tait d\u00e9cor\u00e9 et content. Aujourd\u2019hui on n\u2019est d\u00e9cor\u00e9 que comptant\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfred <\/span>CAPUS<\/span><\/span> (1857-1922), Le Gaulois<\/cite>, 7\u00a0octobre 1887<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ah\u00a0! quel malheur d\u2019avoir un gendre [\u2026] \/ Avec lui, j\u2019en ai vu de grises,Fallait qu\u2019j\u2019emploie \u00e0 chaque instant \/ Mon nom, mon cr\u00e9dit, mon argent \u00c0 r\u00e9parer toutes ses sottises.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c9mile <\/span>CARR\u00c9<\/span><\/span> (1829-1892), Ah\u00a0! quel malheur d\u2019avoir un gendre<\/cite> (1887), chanson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Votons pour Carnot, c\u2019est le plus b\u00eate, mais il porte un nom r\u00e9publicain\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il est mort comme il a v\u00e9cu\u00a0: en sous-lieutenant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929), apprenant le suicide du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Boulanger sur la tombe de sa ma\u00eetresse \u00e0 Ixelles (Belgique), le 30\u00a0septembre 1891<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019intervention d\u2019un romancier, m\u00eame fameux, dans une question de justice militaire m\u2019a paru aussi d\u00e9plac\u00e9e que le serait, dans la question des origines du romantisme, l\u2019intervention d\u2019un colonel de gendarmerie.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferdinand <\/span>BRUNETI\u00c8RE<\/span><\/span> (1849-1906), Apr\u00e8s le proc\u00e8s<\/cite> (1898)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Laissons au coq gaulois ces sables \u00e0 gratter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Marquis de <\/span>SALISBURY<\/span><\/span> (1830-1903), Premier ministre anglais, 21\u00a0mars 1899<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Radicalisme. \u2013 D\u2019autant plus dangereux qu\u2019il est latent. La r\u00e9publique nous m\u00e8ne au radicalisme.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Gustave <\/span>FLAUBERT<\/span><\/span> (1821-1880), Dictionnaire des id\u00e9es re\u00e7ues<\/cite> (posthume, 1913)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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