The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows. -Charles M. De Talleyrand

 

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows.


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Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

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