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He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
Margot Asquith
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
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
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
Margot Asquith
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Margot Asquith
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Margot Asquith
Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look through the keyhole there would be nobody there.
Margot Asquith
You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius....
Margot Asquith
My dear old friend King George V told me he would never have died but for that vile doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn.
Margot Asquith
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Margot Asquith
His modesty amounts to deformity.
Margot Asquith
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Margot Asquith
One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.
Margot Asquith
The t is silent, as in Harlow.
Margot Asquith
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
I have no face, only two profiles clapped together.
Margot Asquith
