Quotes from Harold Nicolson

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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