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“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
— Unattributed
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ff5164dea73777141d207c6c1fb6e110f22c26d5f07ec02b25a4d3de8a5b8cef
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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