All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing read more

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the read more

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.