In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen... - Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are."

Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon Truth

Naturalist Scientist French 1707–1788

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