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Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Age: 84 †
Born: 1754
Born: February 13
Died: 1838
Died: May 17
Catholic Priest
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
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Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.
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