Truce Quotes

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. Sun Tzu

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It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly. Joan of Arc

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One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism. Henry Rollins

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print. Bob Woodward

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The whole celebrity thing never is normal and I think the fuller your life is, the more you are able to just kind of call a truce with it on a good day. Michelle Pfeiffer

On Sept. 20, 2011, a year after I spoke with Rabanni, a couple of Taliban emissaries arrived at his Kabul fortress with a gift for his 71st birthday. It turned out not to be the truce offering they had claimed they were bringing: one of the Talibs had a bomb hidden in his turban. Terry Glavin

I'm a really a fanatical reviser, and there comes a point where I have to declare a truce with the text, or I'll keep fooling with it forever. Thomas McGuane

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