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 De Talleyrand Perigord Quotes
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
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| Birth: | 2nd February, 1754 |
| Death: | 17th May, 1838 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Diplomat, Politician |
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Charles De Talleyrand Perigord was born in Paris, France. He was a French politician and diplomat. In 1780, he became Agent-General of the Clergy and represented the Catholic Church to the French Crown. He worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, most commonly as foreign minister or in some other diplomatic capacity. He succeeded in obtaining peace with Austria in the 1801 Treaty of Luneville and with Britain in the 1802 Treaty of Amiens. He played a major role at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815, where he negotiated a favourable settlement for France while undoing Napoleon's conquests. He is widely seen as one of the most versatile and influential diplomats in European history, although he was known to accept bribes from other European powers, especially while serving under Napoleon.
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