"Diplomacy is what is practiced after-the-fact. Never be too right too soon -- as any smart Uncle will tell you. The man who guesses what will happen will be blamed for it. No one will believe he has merely guessed."

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Source : Hortense Calisher (1983). “Mysteries of motion”, Doubleday

Hortense Calisher

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