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date: 19 September 2024

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand 1754–1838 

  1. Died, has he? Now I wonder what he meant by that?
    of Talleyrand
    Louis Philippe 1773–1850 French monarch, King 1830–48: attributed, perhaps apocryphal
  2. of Talleyrand:
    A pile of shit in a silk stocking.
    Napoleon I 1769–1821 French monarch, emperor 1804–15: attributed