Famous quotes containing the words diplomatic, historians and/or start:
“Rome, like Washington, is small enough, quiet enough, for strong personal intimacies; Rome, like Washington, has its democratic court and its entourage of diplomatic circle; Rome, like Washington, gives you plenty of time and plenty of sunlight. In New York we have annihilated both.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.”
—Philip Guedalla (1889–1944)
“So stop looking blue
And start serving up your sensations
Before it’s too late;
Just please me for two generations
You’ll be ‘truly great.’””
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)