The tricolour flag, symbol of revolution, was raised on the cathedral's towers and the bells rang to the frantic acclamation of the crowd. "Listen to the tocsin! We are triumphing" remarked the Prince de Talleyrand gleefully: "Who are we?" he was asked: "Quiet! Not a word. I will tell you tomorrow" was the reply.

More quotes by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

On hearing of Napoleon's death; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

In the Chamber of Peers (1821)

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

Ascribed to Talleyrand in The Hundred Days (1815)

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