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The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Born: 1792
Born: April 6
Poet
Politics
Courtiers
Turns
Servility
Cringe
Resemble
Shadows
Shadow
Sun
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