Approach Quote by George Eliot

“It's a time-honored truism of diplomacy that the most resented epithet is the one most accurately depicting the deficiencies of the recipient.”

— keith laumer

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force of tradition and tyranny of his own passions.

— Bertrand Russell

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

— Confucius

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

— Walter Lippmann

One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving for honor…

— Aristotle

“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

It is a sign of a perverse and treacherous disposition to wound the good name of another, when he has no opportunity of defending…

— John Calvin

And the name of the one shall be Fearfulness. And the name of the other shall be Arrogance... Well, clearly you are not Fearfulness,…

— Susanna Clarke

“A diplomat’s words must have no relation to actions—otherwise what kind of diplomacy is it? Words are one thing, actions another. Good words are…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

— Bryant H. McGill

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

— Oscar Wilde

a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at…

— Margery Wilson