 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Margot Asquith
The spirit of...
The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.
He's very clever,...
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Source: Referring to F....
What a pity,...
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
No one ever...
No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days,...
Rich men's houses...
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...
The ingrained idea...
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is...
Symbols are the...
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Source: More or Less about Myself,...
He has a...
He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.
Source: Referring to Sir Stafford...
The capacity to...
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
It is easier...
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Source: More or Less...
He [Lloyd George]...
He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.
Source:...
The first element...
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...
An imitation rough...
An imitation rough diamond.
Source: As I Remember.
-- Margot Asquith, (Feb 2...
It is always...
It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...
His modesty amounts...
His modesty amounts to deformity.
Source: Referring to her husband. As I...
Lord Birkenhead is...
Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Source:...
There are big...
There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult...
Dear boy, it...
Dear boy, it isn't that your manners are bad -- it's simply that you have no manners at...
To marry a...
To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had...
If Kitchener was...
If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.
Source:...
- 1 (current)
- 2
Page 1 of 2