She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

Quote by Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

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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.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to...

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to...

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

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

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

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

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

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

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

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort...

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort...

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when...

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when...

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

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

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...

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

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...

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

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

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a...

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a...