Maxioms by Margot Asquith
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from read more
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; and the fourth /the power to love /although I have put it last, is the rarest.
Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it read more
Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it Margot. Finally Margot set her right. `No, no, Jean. The t is silent as in Harlow.'
No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from read more
No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
