Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
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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These are some quotes by French author Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Diplomat, who lived between February 2, 1754 and May 17, 1838.