Margot Asquith ( 10 of 11 )
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
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.
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is read more
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people read more
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
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.
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.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life
There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man read more
There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs /apart from discernment /a certain greatness to find him.
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
