Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgordʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ]; 1754–1838), prince de Bénévent, then prince de Talleyrand, was a French bishop, politician and diplomat. After theology studies, he became in 1780 Agent-General of the Clergy and represented the Catholic Church to the French Crown. He worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, most commonly as foreign minister or in some other diplomatic capacity. His career spanned the regimes of Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, and Louis-Philippe...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth2 February 1754
CountryFrance
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand quotes about
Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.
Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.
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.
Nothing succeeds so well as success.
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.
Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.
Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.