| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 34690 |
| QUOTATION: | The glory of a great man ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680), French writer, moralist. Sentences et Maximes Morales, no. 157 (1678). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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