Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes (10 quotations)

1. A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

2. A married man with a family will do anything for money. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

3. 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

4. I am more afriad of an army of 100 sheep lead by a lion than an army of 100 lions lead by a sheep. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

5. Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

6. Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

7. Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

8. Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

9. The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

10. 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. - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

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