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Margot Asquith
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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.
Margot Asquith,
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#People
#Men
#Beauty
#Fortune
#Houses
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.
Margot Asquith,
English
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#People
#American
#Race
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Margot Asquith,
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#Life
#Influence
Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Margot Asquith,
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He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
Margot Asquith,
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She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
Margot Asquith,
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#Lies
#Wedding
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Margot Asquith,
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#Life
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Margot Asquith,
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#Nature
#Human nature
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
Margot Asquith,
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#Pity
#America
#Columbus
His modesty amounts to deformity.
Margot Asquith,
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#Modesty
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Margot Asquith,
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He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.
Margot Asquith,
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#Mind
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
Margot Asquith,
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#War
#Man
#Men
#Expression
#Faces