Creative Quotations from . . .
Margot Asquith
(1864-1945) born on
Feb 02
English author. She was an eccentric, outspoken and shrewd influence on social, fashionable English life.
         
   
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F
He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.

R
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth . . .
A
An imitation rough diamond.
N
It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.
K
His modesty amounts to deformity.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: Autobiography, quoted in the Listener, 11 June 1953
R: The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, vol. 1, ch. 8 (1920).
A: "As I Remember."
N: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
K: Referring to her husband. As I Remember."
 

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