You missed one of his skills.

"To think, after all this time, all our lunches together... you still don't trust me. There's hope for you yet, doctor." - Garak

Bashir: The moral of the story is never tell a lie.

Bashir: Assuming you're not a spy...

Garak: Gul Benil.

"And if your conscience is bothering you, you should should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant, and all it cost is the life of one Romulan Senator, one criminal... and the self-respect of one Starfleet officer. I don't know about you, but I'd call THAT a bargain".

"Which parts were true, and which were lies?"

"The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination."

If you loved Garak, I suggest reading DS9 book A Stitch in Time. Its written directly by Andrew J. Robinson himself (apparently no ghost writer was needed) and explores Garaks backstory and is a good look into why he played him the way he did. Robinson really went DEEP with him.

Jem'Hadar: Put down your weapons!

Since Garak has claustrophobia Id take his word when he said his father used to lock him up.

rewatching ds9 i realised basically no single person bar the wormhole aliens did more to win the fight against the dominion than garak

I did find it troubling and a little heartbreaking that in the final episode, Garak realized that it was all for nothing. Bashir noted that Cardassia will survive, but Garak understood that his Cardassia was gone.

Easily one of my favourite characters from the entirety of Star Trek and the one who is, by far, the furthest from Roddenberry's ideal.

Garak and Ducat were great characters. The main difference between them was Garak had a conscience, but even so, he seemed to hate himself that he had one.

Andy Robinson is such a great actor. He was fantastic in Dirty Harry and he elevated a side character in DS9 to one of the best on the show.

The book “a stitch in time” written by the actor who played garak details his youth and the culture of upper class cardassians- as well as a historical lineage akin to the Klingon hurk encounter

Hands down one of the best characters in all of Star Trek