Quote by George Eliot
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double,

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. – George Eliot

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A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. – George Eliot

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Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot

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

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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. – Carl Rowan

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

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Diplomacy: The art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a rock. – Wynn Catlin

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