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Dio non ha fatto niente di inutile. Ma con le mosche e i professori ci e' andato vicino.
[God made nothing unuseful. But with flies and professors He was quite close....
Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Dionysiu...
Dip: Inventor of a famous switch.
Diplomacy has rarely been able to gain at the conference table what cannot be gained or held on the battlefield.
Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way. -- Daniele Vare
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a large rock. -- Wynn Catli
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. -- Isaac Goldberg
Diplomacy: Lying in state. -- Oliver Herford
DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Diplomacy should be a job left to diplomats. -- Ambassador Fox, "A Taste of Armageddon," stardate 3192.
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