Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

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

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

— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

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

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

— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

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

— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

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

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

— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand