Margot Asquith Quotes

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Margot Asquith

Life, Symbols, Signposts

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
Margot Asquith

Wedding, Enough, She

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.
Margot Asquith

Mind, Makes, Until

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

Men, War, Happy

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
Margot Asquith

Hitting, Belt, Below

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Margot Asquith

Sometimes, Head, Clever

His modesty amounts to deformity.
Margot Asquith

Modesty, Deformity

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

Strong, Hard, Die

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Margot Asquith

Life, Strong, Weak

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
Margot Asquith

Sometimes, Lord, Head

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

Beauty, Men, Beautiful

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Margot Asquith

Nature, Human, Capacity

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
Margot Asquith

America, Pity, Columbus

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: February 2, 1864

Died: July 28, 1945

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