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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

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Age: 84 †
Born: 1754
Born: February 13
Died: 1838
Died: May 17
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