Honore de Balzac Quotes

No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.

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• No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Heart
  • Existed
  • Rival