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Nancy Mitford Quotes: "To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease."

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness."

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.




Nancy Mitford Quotes: "An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead."

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered."

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.




Nancy Mitford Quotes: "A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries."

A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "If one can't be happy, one must be amused."

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms."

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.




Nancy Mitford Quotes: "People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?"

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?"

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them."

Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing."

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "oh how television diminishes everything."

oh how television diminishes everything.




Nancy Mitford Quotes: "When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home."

When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity."

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives"

always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away."

I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars."

Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Irish gardens beat all for horror. With 19 gardeners, Lord Talbot of Malahide has produced an affair exactly like a suburban golf course."

Irish gardens beat all for horror. With 19 gardeners, Lord Talbot of Malahide has produced an affair exactly like a suburban golf course.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry."

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly."

And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible."

Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another."

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Sun, silence, and happiness."

Sun, silence, and happiness.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "English doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature."

English doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are."

There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !"

Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know."

Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none."

One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?"

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "In France that is the one rule, never make trouble."

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time."

But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days."

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away."

Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love."

Nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow."

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather."

Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "Even if I take him out for three hours every day, and go and chat to him for another hour, that leaves twenty hours for him all alone with nothing to do. Oh, why can't dogs read?"

Even if I take him out for three hours every day, and go and chat to him for another hour, that leaves twenty hours for him all alone with nothing to do. Oh, why can't dogs read?



Nancy Mitford Quotes: "I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away."

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.