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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes

Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Diplomat Quotes
Category:
French Diplomat Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 2, 1754
Date of Death:
May 17, 1838
Nationality:
French
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Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.
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Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.
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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.
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Quote Keywords:

Creates, Crime, Insensibility, Much, Sensibility, Too, Unhappiness
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Crime, Insensibility, Much, Sensibility, Too
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