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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."

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De on altruism
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"Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man."

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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."

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"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."

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"Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime."

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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."

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"The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows."

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"Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts."

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De on speech    Share

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