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  • noun French statesman (1754-1838)

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Examples

  • M. de Talleyrand is another of her society, and she seems equally attached to him.

    Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney 1904

  • These books betray a nostalgic admiration for a diplomatic style long out of favor, a style encapsulated in Talleyrand’s admonition to his junior diplomats: “Above all, gentlemen, not too much zeal.”

    Charm Offensive 2007

  • These books betray a nostalgic admiration for a diplomatic style long out of favor, a style encapsulated in Talleyrand’s admonition to his junior diplomats: “Above all, gentlemen, not too much zeal.”

    Charm Offensive 2007

  • I considered Madame de Stael over Talleyrand, but then I've got this fascination with Talleyrand, which is probably a sign of my own degenerate nature.

    The Dinner Party Walter Jon Williams 2007

  • But again, six to seven people shot in an incident near downtown Jacksonville in an area known as the Talleyrand neighborhood.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2007 2007

  • But to paraphrase Talleyrand, his Open Letter was worse than an insult; it was a mistake.

    Scientologists and Nazis Fields, Bertram 1997

  • To paraphrase Talleyrand, what's done is but little and that little is not good.

    Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917

  • To paraphrase Talleyrand, what's done is but little and that little is not good.

    Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis 1917

  • Talleyrand which is among the masterpieces of memoir-writing.

    Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

  • Volumes could be written about this phase of his dazzling career alone, and yet we have miscreants such as Talleyrand proclaiming to the Conference of "Christian Kings" and traitors that the greatest, most powerful, and most humane prince of the age "must be exterminated like a mad dog."

    The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892

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