Elizabeth Bibesco quotes - page 2

It is easier to be generous than to be just. (Elizabeth Bibesco)
She is pasty and podgy, with the eyes of a currant bun, suddenly protruding with animation. View quote
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Miss Asquith, who was probably unsurpassed in intelligence by any of her contemporaries ... looked like a lovely figure in an Italian fresco. View quote
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A brilliant woman whose perpetual wit made my head swim. View quote
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Prince Antoine Bibesco, when asked (by her mother, Margot Asquith) why his wife didn't do more "good works", such as visiting a hospital, replied, "Dearest Margot, Elizabeth visits a hospital three times a week, with the result that the lame walk, the blind see, and the dumb would speak if they could get a word in edgeways." View quote
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