Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Men Quotations

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

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

Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

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

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.