Honore de Balzac Quotes

Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force?

Honore de Balzac

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• Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force?

  

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  • Yielding