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Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Angel Black Devil Hell Hot Love Pure Sweet

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Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Contempt Create Creates Glory Great Great Man Hero Love Man Only

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Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Follows Gigantic Like Precedes Proportion Reputation Shadow You

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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

Topics: Afraid Am Army Led Lion Lions More Sheep Than I Am

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The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Art Foresee Inevitable Occurrence Statesmanship

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If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Another Cease Explaining Go Shall Understand

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War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Left Men Military Much Serious Thing Too War

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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

Topics: Acquaintances Again Fishing Friend Good Good Friend Her Out Pleasure She Them Throw Water Would

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Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Disguise Given His Man Speech Thoughts

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Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Always Arrange Believe Benefit Eager Easy Facts Masses Nothing Since Something

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Diplomat

Born: February 2nd, 1754

Died: May 17th, 1838

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