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The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record. ↗

— Zane Grey

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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Strong convictions precede great actions. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

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Nothing recedes like progress. ↗

— e. e. cummings

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Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports of others led him to admit. ↗

— Richard Owen

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