A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
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When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
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A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
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Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
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To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
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