| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47374 |
| QUOTATION: | Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Joseph Roux (18341886), French priest, writer. Joy, no. 22, Meditations of a Parish Priest (1886). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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