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> [“The French suffered 531,000 casualties (dead, wounded and captured) in those three months, roughly as many as in the eight months of Verdun in 1916. The British (including Empire troops) had 411,000 casualties - almost exactly the same as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/the-french-suffered-531-000-casualties-dead-wounded-and-captured-in/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

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## More by Margot Asquith

> [She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/she-tells-enough-white-lies-to-ice-a-wedding-cake/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/if-kitchener-was-not-a-great-man-he-was-at-least-a-great-poster/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [Too much brilliance has its disadvantages, and misplaced wit may raise a laugh, but often beheads a topic of profound interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/too-much-brilliance-has-its-disadvantages-and-misplaced-wit-may-raise/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/the-announcement-that-you-are-going-to-tell-a-good-story-and-the/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [“We desire no conquest, no dominion, we seek no indemnities, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/we-desire-no-conquest-no-dominion-we-seek-no-indemnities-no-material/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/haunted-from-my-early-youth-by-the-transitoriness-and-pathos-of-life/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [My sort of looks are of the kind that bore me when I see them on other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/my-sort-of-looks-are-of-the-kind-that-bore-me-when-i-see-them-on/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [“The home the military top brass had created for themselves was "picturesque, romantic and unreal", he wrote. "It was as though men were playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/the-home-the-military-top-brass-had-created-for-themselves-was/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [I have no face, only two profiles clapped together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/i-have-no-face-only-two-profiles-clapped-together/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [ \[On Austen Chamberlain:\] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/on-austen-chamberlain-he-is-more-loyal-to-his-friends-than-to-his/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [His modesty amounts to deformity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/his-modesty-amounts-to-deformity/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/lloyd-george-there-is-no-lloyd-george-there-is-a-marvellous-brain-but/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [“The French suffered 531,000 casualties (dead, wounded and captured) in those three months, roughly as many as in the eight months of Verdun in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/the-french-suffered-531-000-casualties-dead-wounded-and-captured-in/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/it-is-always-dangerous-to-generalize-but-the-american-people-while/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

> [It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-asquith/it-is-not-dying-but-living-that-is-a-preparation-for-death/)

[Margot Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-asquith/)

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