Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame. (Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues)

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

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