Margot Asquith

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source: Referring to F....

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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Margot Asquith: No one ever...

Margot Asquith: 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,...

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Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...

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Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is...

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Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Source: More or Less about Myself,...

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Margot Asquith: He has a...

Margot Asquith: He has a...

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

Source: Referring to Sir Stafford...

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Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.

Source:...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Margot Asquith: An imitation rough...

Margot Asquith: An imitation rough...

An imitation rough diamond.

Source: As I Remember.
-- Margot Asquith, (Feb 2...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Source: Referring to her husband. As I...

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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source:...

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Margot Asquith: There are big...

Margot Asquith: 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...

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Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Dear boy, it isn't that your manners are bad -- it's simply that you have no manners at...

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Margot Asquith: To marry a...

Margot Asquith: 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...

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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

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