He will begin his career rather late, but he will go further than another.
Il se mettra en chemin un peu tard, mais il ira plus loin qu'un autre.
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Of Louis XIV. Followed by: II y a en lui de l'étoffe pour faire quatre rois et un honnête homme. (There is in him the making of four kings and an honest man). — Lettres de Guy Patin, vol 2, pp. 192-223, also St. Simon, Mémoires vol. 24, p. 84 (1840 edition). — Latham (1906), p. 112