…and Vice Elector of the French Empire – by Napoleon.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand–Périgord, consummate French diplomat, served as a senior diplomat from the regime of Louis XVI through the French Revolution, and then under Napoleon I, Louis XVII, Charles X, and Louis–Philippe.
Known as one of the most talented, versatile and extraordinary diplomats in European history. His immortal quotes are perhaps his prime legacy…
“We were given speech to hide our thoughts”
“Treason is a matter of dates”
“Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not”