“Nothing succeeds like success.”

— Alexandre Dumas , book Ange Pitou

Rien ne réussit comme le succès.
Ange Pitou, Vol. 1 chapter 7 http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/biblio/chapitre.php?lid=r3&cid=7 (1854).

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