Ambassadors Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ambassadors Country Exile Inspirational Patriotism
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. — Henry Wotton Copy Share Image
An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who… — Henry Wotton Copy Share Image
It is not the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
An ambassador should study the welfare of his country, and not spend his time in feasting and riot. — Xenocrates Copy Share Image
a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at… — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing” - attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.” — Tony Leon Copy Share Image
CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room. — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
I know he [Julian Assange] is a man of fierce determination, and now living under the strain of house arrest in the Ecuadorean embassy… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have… — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I know at first hand how the impact of being bullied as a teenager can quite literally last a lifetime and I thought that… — Mark Feehily Copy Share Image
I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation. — Mike Love Copy Share Image
Kate Otto, like so many in her generation, is committed to being a good global citizen and doing her part to make the world… — Ann Veneman Copy Share Image
What would you do if you were President, and, on the first day of May, the Russian Ambassador presented you with a beautiful cake… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You become an anti-Semite. And as powerful as the Israeli lobby is, the Saudi lobby is just as powerful. In fact, the Saudis probably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
When I'm through with the Lee Greenwood Theatre, I won't do anything else in entertainment. Maybe I'll become an ambassador for the United States… — Lee Greenwood Copy Share Image
Red Bull are backing a spinal-injury research charity called Wings For Life, which I am an ambassador for, with a programme called Faces for… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
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