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Category: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

forgetting, learning

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

knowledge, society, teaching, understanding

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

forgetting, learning

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

knowledge, society, teaching, understanding