Harold Nicolson
Harold Nicolson
Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMGwas an English diplomat, author, diarist and politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth21 November 1886
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She proceeds to dip here little fountain-pen filler into pots of oily venom and to squirt this mixture at all her friends.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.
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Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.
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