I was born in the country of Hogg and Scott between the Yarrow and the Tweed, in the year 1864.
Margot AsquithHaunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving.
Margot AsquithTruthfulness with me is hardly a virtue. I cannot discriminate between truths that and those that don't need to be told.
Margot AsquithThe first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth-the power of love-although I have put it last, is the rarest.
Margot Asquith