“He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.”

—  Pierre Corneille , Nicomède

Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.
Nicomède, act III, scene iii.
Nicomède (1651)

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Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.

Nicomède (1651)

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