| |  | | | | | | | | | | | A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. | | Robert Frost | | | A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. | | Adlai E. Stevenson | | | A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. | | Moliere | | | Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. | | Otto von Bismarck | | | Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. | | Will Rogers | | | Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. | | Will Rogers | | | Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. | | Charles de Gaulle | | | If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it | | Ashleigh Brilliant | | | It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them. | | Paul Claudel | | | Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. | | Will Smith | | | The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten | | Mark Twain | | | There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. | | John Kenneth Galbraith | | | To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. | | Will Durant | | | | | Quotes: 1 - 13 of 13 | Pages: 1 | | | |
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