To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord)

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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