Famous Quotes / Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
6 Quotations by Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
- 1. I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
- 2. Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
- 3. Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion whe ...
- 4. She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure ...
- 5. The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proporti ...
- 6. To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fo ...