Quotes by Charles Talleyrand

This is worse than a crime, it's a blunder
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This is worse than a crime, it's a blunder
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows
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The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows
There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody
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There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody
I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing
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I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing
She is intolerable, but that is her only fault
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She is intolerable, but that is her only fault