I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say…

Nelson Mandela
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I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Conversations With Myself, p.28, Pan Macmillan
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