Diplomacy Sayings and Quotes

做外交官的秘诀是：在无话可说的时候，找点儿话说；在有话可说的时候，什么也不说。

——第九任美国驻华大使洪博培

The real secret about diplomats is that we’re trained to say something,when there is nothing to say,and to say nothing when there is something to say.

—Jon Huntsman,the ninth U.S.Ambassador to China

我发现欺骗外交官的艺术：我告诉他们真相，他们从不相信我。

——意大利前总理卡米洛·奔索

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats.I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

—Camillo Benso,Count of Cavour,Italy’s first Premier

外交是一门说“狗狗真棒”的艺术，直到你找到一根棍子。

——作家弗农·麦克勒兰

Diplomacy is the art of saying,“Nice doggie!” until you can find a stick.

—Vernon K.McLellan,author

有三种生物，他们走的时候，仿佛要来；他们来的时候，像是要走。他们是：外交官、女人和螃蟹。

——美国前国务卿约翰·海伊

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going,when they seem going they come:diplomats,women,and crabs.

—John Hay,former United States Secretary of State

无论政府做什么，明智的美国人都希望这是针对别人的。这就是外交政策背后的想法。

——讽刺作家P·J·欧鲁克

Whatever it is that the government does,sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else.This is the idea behind foreign policy.

—P.J.O’Rourke,political satirist

真正的外交官能在不引起邻舍注意的情况下，割断对方的喉咙。

——挪威外交家特吕格韦·赖伊

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it.

—Trygve Lie,Norwegian politician and diplomat