Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.
Harold NicolsonEvery schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff
Harold NicolsonThe worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one is no longer young.
Harold NicolsonThese, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.
Harold Nicolson