Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith
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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 February 1864
marriage strong character
To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. 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.
brain looks rooms
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.
kings doctors old-friends
My dear old friend King George V told me he would never have died but for that vile doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn.