Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.
Harold NicolsonThe Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold NicolsonThe gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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 Nicolson