"God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters."

-- Regis Debray

#Enemy Quotes #Matter Quotes #Diplomats Quotes

“Don't take things too seriously.”
“We all lose sight sometimes, but when we find our way again we are not only 2x stronger but we can see where we need to be, where we should be, and most importantly we understand why we are not there already.”
“A crisis event often explodes the illusions that anchor our lives.”
“Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.”
“It's been five years worth of planning and negotiating to bring this to a reality.”
“The Book of History is the Bible of Irony.”

Source : George Saintsbury, Oliver Elton, Adam Blyth Webster (1945). “George Saintsbury: The Memorial Volume : a New Collection of His Essays and Papers”
“Time again for the waltz of smiles. Amazing how you sometimes make resolutions, tell yourself everything will be a certain way from now on, and then all it takes is a tiny movement of the lips to shatter your confidence in a certainty that seemed eternal.”
“If it works, it's obsolete.”

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