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

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, read more

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

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.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

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.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.