Occupation: Politician Birth: May 15, 1773 Death: June 11, 1859
The obvious is always least understood..
The events which can not be prevented, must be directed..
When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold..
Stability is not immobility..
Italy is only a geographical expression..
Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play..
The men who make history have not time to write it..
Italy is a geographical expression..
Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge..
When France sneezes, all of Europe catches cold..
Error has never approached my spirit..
The word 'Italy' is a geographical expression, a description which is useful shorthand, but has none of the political significance the efforts of the….
The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freed….
I have never feared that the revolution would be engendered by the universities; but that at them a whole generation of revolutionaries must be forme….
It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them..
I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing..
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes..
In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age..