Seducing someone
to want to go to hell, that --
is really subtle.
Ertoe verleiden	Dazu verführen,
om naar de hel te lopen --	zur Hölle zu fahren, das --
dat is pas subtiel.	ist wirklich subtil.

Poem H3319
Amsterdam, 2022-06-08
A diplomat is a person (Anonymous, USA) - 1937
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a tactful way that you'll look forward with pleasure to making the trip. (St. Louis Star-Times of Missouri, November 27^th, 1937, blz. 10; and The Altoona Tribune of Pennsylvania, January 1^st, 1938, page 6)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Keyword: Together: contribution / social 
Tribute to: Anon. [USA]