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

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A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
Diplomacy
Peter Ustinov

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A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
Diplomacy
Source Unknown

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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Diplomacy
Walter Bagehot

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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy
Daniele Vare

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Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie! till you can find a rock.
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Wynn Catlin

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Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Diplomacy
Source Unknown

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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Isaac Goldberg

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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
Diplomacy
Charles De Gaulle

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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomacy
David Lloyd George

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

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If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.
Diplomacy
Lord Harold Caccia

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My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.
Diplomacy
Carl Rowan

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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Diplomacy
Andrew Young

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Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
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Sir Henry Wotton

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We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.
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Walt W. Rostow

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We have no commission from God to police the world.
Diplomacy
Benjamin Harrison

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