In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily
Charles M. de Talleyrand
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
army lion afraid lions sheep
It is the beginning of the end
end beginning
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
belief facts easy masses benefit
There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody
body
A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and a diplomat who says no is no diplomat.
diplomacy
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again
friends good water pleasure friend fishing acquaintances
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
glory man hero create great contempt love
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows
reputation man shadow
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
man thoughts speech disguise
War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men
men war military left thing
I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing
times find nonsense
order
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
good
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
art
This is worse than a crime, it's a blunder
crime worse
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