George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston famous quotes

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India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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A man of the utmost insignificance.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

#Men #Insignificance
Gentlemen never wear brown in London.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history.
Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.
India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.
Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.
If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston famous quotes

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