The power to love what is ...

The power to love what is purely abstract is given to few.
 Margot Asquith

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Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving.
 Margot Asquith
She spends her day powdering her face till she looks like a bled pig.
 Margot Asquith
He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.
 Margot Asquith
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
 Margot Asquith
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
 Margot Asquith