[net.games] diplomacy quotes

david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (06/04/84)

As an appropriate inspiration for the players of the net Diplomacy
games, I am asking for your favorite humorous quotes pertaining to the
art of diplomacy. What I receive will be collected and reposted to
help refine the techniques of the amateur diplomats and to amuse the
general public. Below are some of my favorites to get started; some I
lack the author for, and I'd appreciate someone telling me the source.

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats; I tell them the
	truth and they never believe me."
						- Cavour

"I never refuse. I never contradict. I sometimes forget."

						- Disraeli

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a
	rock."
						- ?

"A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell and make the
	journey sound pleasurable."
						- ?

						David Rubin
						fisher!david

kgj@hpfclo.UUCP (06/09/84)

The best phrase I ever heard in a Diplomacy  game was the motto of Henry
Price, who played England:

	"Brittania waives the rules"

					Karl G. Jensen

david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (06/11/84)

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Below is the collection of quotes of interest to Diplomacy players.
Thanks to all who submitted authors and quotes.
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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.
					-?
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					David Rubin
					allegra!fisher!david

perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (06/12/84)

<Canadian Content: Is the CRTC really listening?>

"In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister
 worthy of assassination"
		- John Diefenbaker
-- 
Stephen Perelgut   
	    Computer Systems Research Group    University of Toronto
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	    CSNET:	perelgut@Toronto

keves@sdccsu3.UUCP (06/14/84)

Re: Pierre Trudeau.

Speaking as a Canadian, YES!!! But the question remains....

Who would take over? The last Prime Minister was even more
incompetent, if thats possible.


			Brian Keves
-- 
		"A is A" - Ayn Rand

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