Quotes by 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.
• 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.
• It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
• Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
• He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
• She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
• Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
• The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
• What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
• His modesty amounts to deformity.
• He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
• He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.
• 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.