59 Quotes by Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

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.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

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