George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Quotes

• 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

  Philosophy, India, Mark

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• I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.

  George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

  Class, White, Skins

  c.1915 Remark made during a visit of front-line British troops in World War I, after observing some of them bathing in old beer barrels.

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• A man of the utmost insignificance.

  George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

  Men, Insignificance

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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

  Believe, Oil, Persian

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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

  Aristocracy, Done, World

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• Gentlemen never wear brown in London.

  George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

  Gentleman, London, Brown

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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

  Ninety Nine, Employers, Interest

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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

  Sometimes, Speed, Advantage

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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

  Intelligent, May, Facts

  1898 House of Commons, 29 Mar.

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