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
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.
Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.
The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
A married man with a family will do anything for money.
Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.
I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.
A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.
Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.
There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.
If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know.
Wherever there's trouble, look for a priest.
Those who have not lived in the eighteenth century, in the years before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of living and cannot imagine what it was like to have happiness in life.