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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Diplomat's Dictionary Daily Quotables- K

Knowledge: "[An ambassador] must be an indefatigable reader, else he is sure to fail, as a soldier who should be indfferent to physical exercise."  -Bishop Germonius, 1627

Knowledge of foreign nations: "The temper, qualities, and limitations of many a man can be divined on short acquaintance; those of a nation need longer contact."   -J.J. Jusserand, 1924

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