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There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.160
There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!