Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.
Harold NicolsonThese, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.
Harold NicolsonThe Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold Nicolson