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...conference on international monetary problems for a banquet at Het Prinsenhof, the royal residence of William of Orange. Presiding as host, Dutch Finance Minister Anne Vondeling toasted his colleagues with an old French proverb: "Point n'est besoin d'esperer pour entreprendre ni de réussir pour persévérer [One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere]." Next day, by a 9-1 vote, with France's Michel Debré the only holdout, Ministers of the Group of Ten agreed to persevere some more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Group Perseverance | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

...Succeed in Business Without Really Trying into a French musical is only slightly more difficult than uprooting the Empire State Building and balancing it upside down on the tip of the Eiffel Tower. But a Paris Match editor named Raymond Castans has done it, and Comment Réussir dans les Affaires sans Vraiment Se Fatiguer is a new critical hit in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: How to Succeed in Paris | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

Bettered Beef. But Castans felt that Paris was ready for Comment Réussir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: How to Succeed in Paris | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

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