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

Quote by Charles M De Talleyrand

Topics: Belief Quotes, Facts Quotes

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...

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...

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

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

It is the beginning of the end

It is the beginning of the end

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 married man with a family will do anything for money.

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

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...

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never...

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife

Earn a reputation for living well in God's eyes and the eyes of the people.

Earn a reputation for living well in God's eyes and the eyes of the people.

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of...

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of...

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while...

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while...

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.