Occupation: Diplomat Birth: November 21, 1886 Death: May 1, 1968
The worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one is no longer young..
Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff.
To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind..
We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We must be alert, stern, righteous and ascet….
Berlin stimulates like arsenic..
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill..
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters..
Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done becomes twi….
These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualitie….
Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality..
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts..
Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of….
The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain..
Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000..