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

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

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

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