"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

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"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."

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