I asked M.-why he'd turned down the offer of a particular post. "I didn't want a post where the office is more important than the holder of it,” he replied. (Nicolas Chamfort)

I asked M.-why he'd turned down the offer of a particular post. "I didn't want a post where the office is more important than the holder of it,” he replied.

Nicolas Chamfort

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