Margot Asquith Quotes

Margot Asquith Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: February 2, 1864
Died: July 28, 1945

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

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

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

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

His modesty amounts to deformity.
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

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

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

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

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Margot Asquith

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

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