Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.games,net.jokes Subject: diplomacy quotes Message-ID: <174@fisher.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 09:45:10 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.174 Posted: Mon Jun 11 09:45:10 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 00:42:52 EDT Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 53Below is the collection of quotes of interest to Diplomacy players. Thanks to all who submitted authors and quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -? -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Rubin allegra!fisher!david