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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
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Subject: diplomacy quotes
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Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 09:45:10 EDT
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Below is the collection of quotes of interest to Diplomacy players.
Thanks to all who submitted authors and quotes.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the
truth and they never believe me.
					-Camillo Di Cavour

I never refuse. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

					-Benjamin Disraeli

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

					-Charles de Gaulle

Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a
rock.
					-Wynn Catlin

A diplomat is a man who can tell you to go to hell and make the trip
sound pleasurable.
					-Samuel Clemens

A diplomat is someone who can convince his wife that she would
look fat in a fur coat.
					-?

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

					-Daniele Vare

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the
benefit of his country.
					-Henry Wotton

A diplomat's life consists of three things: protocol, Geritol, and
alcohol.
					-Adlai Stevenson

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

Diplomacy---lying in state.
					-?
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					David Rubin
					allegra!fisher!david