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Margot Asquith

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Also known as Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, Margot Tennant

British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945)

Person · Open Library

Born
1864
Died
1945
Works
1

Top works

  • My impressions of America
  • Margot Asquith, an Autobiography; Volume II
  • The autobiography of Margot Asquith
  • Autobiography
  • My impressions of America

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9
Total plays
11

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Quotes

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
  • She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

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