Diplomacy: The art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a rock. – Wynn Catlin Category: Diplomacy
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. – Sun-Tzu Category: Diplomacy
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman Category: Diplomacy
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving Category: Christmas
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan Category: History
A wholesome oblivion of ones neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. – Richard Le Gallienne Category: Wisdom