Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !
Nancy MitfordAmericans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.
Nancy MitfordAn 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.
Nancy MitfordEnglish doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature.
Nancy Mitford