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Nancy Mitford
4 quotes
“I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.”
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pursuit of Love (1945).
“The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness.”
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pursuit of Love (1945).
“I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.”
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Blessing (1951)
“If somebody could write a book for people who never read they would make a fortune.”
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Love from Nancy (Houghton Mifflin, 1993).