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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.”

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Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac

French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

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