Margot Asquith Quotes

He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.

My dear old friend King George V told me he would never have died but for that vile doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn.

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius....

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

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.

The t is silent, as in Harlow.

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

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.

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.

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.