Cecil Woodham-Smith Quotes

#1. An armed disciplined force is in its essence dangerous to liberty.

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#2. Tell Lord Brudenell...that he has already given me satisfaction: the satisfaction of having removed the most damned bad tempered and extravagant bitch in the kingdom.

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#3. Oh! It is dreadful...that one is almost always separated from those ones loves dearly and is encumbered with those one dislikes. -Queen Victoria

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#4. There is no giving advice to a young man so much in love.

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#5. The Duchess (of Kent) was a duck who had hatched a swan.

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#6. In the midst of affection and longing the iron hand appeared within the velvet glove....

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#7. It was not a union which seemed likely to prosper, since its chief characteristics were imprudence, youth and extreme good looks.

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#8. ...moderate your desire of producing perfection, temper your eagerness to produce faultless performance...and soften your manners towards those who are subordinate to you...

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#9. Almighty God teach you my dear brother...more wit and knowledge than to be taken in by a good for nothing destructive flirt and devil.

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