Margot Asquith

There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man read more

There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs /apart from discernment /a certain greatness to find him.

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

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

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from read more

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the read more

Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain (of which she is unconscious), headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people read more

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.