Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand createcrimeinsensibility Change image and share on social
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The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand artexpediteforesee Change image and share on social
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand assemblybeggarcourt Change image and share on social
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 giganticpigmyprecede Change image and share on social
What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand clevercommitcrime Change image and share on social
