The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition. (Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues)

The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

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