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The Reason For Having Diplomatic Relations Is Not To Confer A Compliment, But To Secure A Convenience. [on Diplomatic Recognition Of The People's Republic Of China]

A Man Who Gets The Reputation Of Rising At Dawn Can Sleep To Noon.

You Were Given The Choice Between War And Dishonor. You Chose Dishonor And You Will Have War.

Well, Dinner Would Have Been Splendid... If The Wine Had Been As Cold As The Soup, The Beef As Rare As The Service, The Brandy As Old As The Fish, And The Maid As Willing As The Duchess.

The Reserve Of Modern Assertions Is Sometimes Pushed To Extremes, In Which The Fear Of Being Contradicted Leads The Writer To Strip Himself Of Almost All Sense And Meaning.