A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand· France · 1754 – 1838

French diplomat who served under Napoleon, Louis XVIII, and several other regimes. He is considered one of the most influential diplomats in European history.

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