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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."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

Fool, Man, Succeed, World

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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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