Honore de Balzac Quotes

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

Honore de Balzac

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• Tenacious

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• Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Love
  • Respect
  • Tenacious