Diplomacy - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65864<![CDATA[Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65147<![CDATA[... the patriotic art of lying for one's country. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12340<![CDATA[Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12341<![CDATA[This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12342<![CDATA[American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12343<![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12344<![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12345<![CDATA[Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12332<![CDATA[Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12333<![CDATA[Diplomacy: lying in state. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12334<![CDATA[International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12335<![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12336<![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12337<![CDATA[The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12338<![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12339<![CDATA[All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12321<![CDATA[Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12322<![CDATA[He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12323<![CDATA[Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12324<![CDATA[DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12325<![CDATA[A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12326<![CDATA[Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12327<![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12328<![CDATA[Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12329<![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12330<![CDATA[All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12331<![CDATA[If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12308<![CDATA[Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12309<![CDATA[All war represents a failure of diplomacy ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12310<![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12311<![CDATA[Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12312<![CDATA[There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12313<![CDATA[Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12314<![CDATA[A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12315<![CDATA[To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12316<![CDATA[A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12317<![CDATA[Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie!" till you can find a rock. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12318<![CDATA[A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12319<![CDATA[I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12320