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| "They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, 1796, speaking of the Bourbon émigrés in exile "It is worse than a crime; it is a blunder." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, referring to Napoleon's murder of the Duke of Enghien "This is the beginning of the end." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, speaking of Napoleon's victory at Borodino (during the Russian campaign), 1812 "It is not an event; it is an item of news." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, on hearing of the death of Napoleon, 1821 "Above all, gentlemen, no excessive enthusiasm." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, giving advice to diplomats "The allies are too frightened to fight each other, too stupid to agree." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand "I found a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, referring to the United States "Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand "War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men." -- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, attributed; quoted by French prime minister, Aristide Briand, during World War I |
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