Quotes from Klemens von Metternich

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

The obvious is always least understood.

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

Error has never approached my spirit.

Italy is only a geographical expression.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

Italy is a geographical expression.

Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.