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The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Speech is the faculty by which men conceal their thoughts.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Perigord
Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.
— James A. Garfield
Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Methods are the masters of masters.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Nothing succeeds so well as success.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
A married man with a family will do anything for money.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Wherever there's trouble, look for a priest.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand