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

Quote by Nancy Mitford

Topics: Aristocracy Quotes

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

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

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.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past, Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, in precisely six and...

Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past, Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, in precisely six and...

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left...

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left...

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a...

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a...

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time,...

It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time,...

If today were a fish I'd throw it back

If today were a fish I'd throw it back

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should...

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

Patience is being friends with Time.

Patience is being friends with Time.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor...

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor...

The present is a point just passed.

The present is a point just passed.

Children spell love... T-I-M-E.

Children spell love... T-I-M-E.