The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.
Theodore ZeldinTo idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth, and it also means that you don't need to talk to one another because you're the same person.
Theodore ZeldinForks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did
Theodore ZeldinThe great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could buy... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal.
Theodore ZeldinThe great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.
Theodore Zeldin