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Margot Asquith [1864-1945] English
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Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, known as Margot Asquith, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She was married to H. H. Asquith, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 until his death in 1928.

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