George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston quotes
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“India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.”
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“I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.”
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonSource : c.1915 Remark made during a visit of front-line British troops in World War I, after observing some of them bathing in old beer barrels.
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“A man of the utmost insignificance.”
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“Gentlemen never wear brown in London.”
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“The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.”
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“Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.”
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“The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.”
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“The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.”
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“I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.”
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonSource : 1898 House of Commons, 29 Mar.
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“Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.”
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“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
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“Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.”
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“Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.”
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