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> [“He was a secretive man, who kept his own counsel. He was an ambitious man of humble origins, with colossal designs on the future. And it would always be advantageous not to be closely known, never to be transparent. Passing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-mark-epstein/he-was-a-secretive-man-who-kept-his-own-counsel-he-was-an-ambitious/)

Daniel Mark Epstein

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## More by Daniel Mark Epstein

> [“He was a secretive man, who kept his own counsel. He was an ambitious man of humble origins, with colossal designs on the future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-mark-epstein/he-was-a-secretive-man-who-kept-his-own-counsel-he-was-an-ambitious/)

Daniel Mark Epstein

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