Margot Asquith Quotes

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He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it. - Margot Asquith quote.
He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.
— Margot Asquith As I Remember
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake. - Margot Asquith quote.
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
— Margot Asquith The Listener

lies white lies

Sir Stafford has a brilliant mind until it is made up. - Margot Asquith quote.
Sir Stafford has a brilliant mind until it is made up.
— Margot Asquith

decision-making

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius. - Margot Asquith quote.
You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius.
— Margot Asquith More Memories

genius talent talent & genius

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

intelligence

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. - Margot Asquith quote.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
— Margot Asquith More or Less About Myself

suffering

I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect. - Margot Asquith quote.
I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect.
— Margot Asquith

men

There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith. - Margot Asquith quote.
There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith.
— Margot Asquith More or Less About Myself

faith intellect

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. - Margot Asquith quote.
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.
— Margot Asquith The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, Vol. 1

greatness