They have pulled up armchairs and crouch low over the map, the are cutting the Baghdad railway. . It is appalling that these ignorant and irresponsible men should be cutting Asia minor to bits as if they were dividing a cake.... the happiness of millions being discarded in that way.

Harold Nicolson

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The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

Harold Nicolson

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These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.

Harold Nicolson

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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by... by Harold Nicolson

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Harold Nicolson

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We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We must be alert, stern, righteous and ascetic. For we were bent on doing great, permanent and noble things.

Harold Nicolson

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Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done becomes twice as dull, whereas a dull job performed as efficiently as possible becomes half as dull. Effort appears to be the main art of living.

Harold Nicolson

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Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because... by Harold Nicolson

Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.

Harold Nicolson

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To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind. by Harold Nicolson

To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.

Harold Nicolson

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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyon... by Harold Nicolson

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

Harold Nicolson

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The worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one... by Harold Nicolson

The worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one is no longer young.

Harold Nicolson

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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.

Harold Nicolson

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Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.

Harold Nicolson

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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.

Harold Nicolson

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Berlin stimulates like arsenic. by Harold Nicolson

Berlin stimulates like arsenic.

Harold Nicolson

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Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff

Harold Nicolson

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