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Coffee (or Tea)
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Black as the devil, Hot as hell,
Pure as an angel, Sweet as love.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, (on the perfect cup of coffee)
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Conversation
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Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Glory
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Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Goodness
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She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Leadership
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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
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Reason
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Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Reputation
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Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Worth
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Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
-Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Books by and about Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand