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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.
The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
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.
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.
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.
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
