"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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