Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Quote

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but, that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but, that of finding places for the discontented is the...

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but, that of finding places for the discontented is the...

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but, that of finding places for the discontented is the...

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but, that of finding places for the discontented is the...