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[La parole a été donné à l’homme pour déguiser sa pensée.]


Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) French secularized clergyman, statesman, wit, diplomat
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For more discussion of the sources of this quote, see S. A. Bent, ed., Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men (1887). The sentiment, if not the precise wording, predates Talleyrand. ]]> https://wist.info/talleyrand/79291/feed/ 0 79291