Quotes by
Talleyrand |
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, 1754-1838 , French statesman & diplomat
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent was a French statesman and diplomat noted for his capacity for political survival, who held high office during the French Revolution, later under Napoleon, also, at the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, and under King Louis-Philippe.The name “Talleyrand” has become a byword for crafty, cynical diplomacy.
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Quotations
| • | This is worse than a crime, it's a mistake. 71 |
| • | A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered. 60 |
| • | A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe", a diplomat who says “maybe" means “no”, and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat. 43 |
| • | If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know. 26 |
| • | Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred. 26 |
| • | An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. 23 |
| • | They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. 23 |
| • | Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. 21 |
| • | A married man with a family will do anything for money. 18 |
| • | To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. 16 |
| • | Above all, not too much zeal. 15 |
| • | The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. 14 |
| • | Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. 14 |
| • | Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait. 12 |
| • | The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult. 11 |
| • | The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all. 9 |
| • | Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime. 9 |
| • | Whoever did not live in the years neighboring 1789 does not know what the pleasure of living means. (1789, the year of the French Revolution) 8 |
| • | Nothing succeeds so well as success. 8 |
| • | The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows. 8 |
| • | This is not an event, it is a piece of news. 6 |
Personal Stories
| • | Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not. 11 |
Funny Quotes
| • | I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce. 43 |