"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

Army, Sheep

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"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

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"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."

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"She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again."

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"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."

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"Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good."

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