Charles Talleyrand
Charles 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...
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refreshing
I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing
worse
This is worse than a crime, it's a blunder
follows gigantic man precedes reputation
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows