Quip: Diplomat - a gent who thinks twice before he says nothing (August 1953)

[Garson O'Toole]

Barry Popik explored a saying about diplomats recently:

 "A diplomat is anyone who thinks twice before saying nothing" entry
dated August 12, 2012

When I was in the library a few days ago I examined a volume of
Reader's Digest. Here is a cite a few months before the first cite in
the entry. The text of the joke is the same.

Cite: 1953 August, Reader's Digest, Toward More Picturesque Speech,
Quote Page 37, Column 1, Reader's Digest, New York. (Verified on
paper)
[Begin excerpt]
Define points: Violinist - a man who is always up to his chin in music
. . . Diplomat — a gent who thinks twice before he says nothing (The
Flint Weekly Review)
[End excerpt]

Garson

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