Top 4 Quotes by Daniele Vare

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

Art, Party, Way

He was a specialist in Feng Shui; that is to say, he was consulted as to the correct ubication and orientation of houses and temples, in relation to the spirits of wind and water.

Daniele Vare

Wind, Water, House

Daniele Varè (1954). “Novels of Yen-Ching”

The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accomplished by good Chinese housewives. When they mend a sock, they do not try 'to imitate the texture of the stuff'. Their art makes no attempt at concealment: it even takes a certain pride in revealing itself.

Daniele Vare

Art, Pride, Chinese