It is the beginning of the end

Quote by Charles M De Talleyrand

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

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

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than...

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than...

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men

A married man with a family will do anything for money.

A married man with a family will do anything for money.

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

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

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody

A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and...

A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and...

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.