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Letter "D" » diplomatic
«The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.»
«Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
boundaries, diplomatic, divorce, rectification, relations, resumption
«No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins; no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches; no great Universities nor public schools / no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow; no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class / no Epsom nor Ascot! Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.»
Author: Henry James
| Keywords:
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«An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. a crisis [that] calls for firmness and restraint.»
Author: Jimmy Carter
(President)
| Keywords:
bounds, diplomatic, firmness, International, international law, restraint, terrorism
«Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| About:
Euphemisms
| Keywords:
cologne, diplomatic, euphemism, euphemisms, unpleasant
«MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. --R.S.K.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
advantages, baffle, baffles, baffling, bows, clothing, constitutes, deceptive, diplomatic, Don, donning, employed, honorable, loathing, machination, machinations, moral obligation, obligation, Open and, opponents, plain clothes, prospers, Right Thing, Satan, wolves
«I love friends, I want more friends. I love smiles. That is a fact. How to develop smiles? There are a variety of smiles. Some smiles are sarcastic. Some smiles are artificial-diplomatic smiles. These smiles do not produce satisfaction, but rather fear or suspicion. But a genuine smile gives us hope, freshness. If we want a genuine smile, then first we must produce the basis for a smile to come.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
artificial, basis, diplomatic, freshness, genuine, produce, sarcastic, satisfaction, smiles, suspicion, variety
«I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Politics,
Trade
| Keywords:
commerce, connection, diplomatic, establishment, establishments, for free
«I do not have diplomatic immunity»
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