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> [People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/people-who-have-escaped-from-poverty-are-like-old-soldiers-in-later/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

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## More by Elsa Maxwell

> [I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/i-don-t-hate-anyone-i-dislike-but-my-dislike-is-the-equivalent-of/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Fight fire with fire. If you must have bores, always put them together or at the same table ... bores have an effervescent chemical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/fight-fire-with-fire-if-you-must-have-bores-always-put-them-together/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/serve-the-dinner-backward-do-anything-but-for-goodness-sake-do/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/giving-parties-is-a-trivial-avocation-but-it-pays-the-dues-for-my/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/people-who-have-escaped-from-poverty-are-like-old-soldiers-in-later/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/seeing-unhappiness-in-the-marriage-of-friends-i-was-content-to-have/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/good-manners-the-longer-i-live-the-more-convinced-i-am-of-it-are-a/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/don-t-try-for-wit-settle-for-humor-you-ll-last-longer/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/protocol-may-be-defined-as-the-code-of-etiquette-which-protects/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/keep-your-talent-in-the-dark-and-you-ll-never-be-insulted/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/a-bore-is-a-vacuum-cleaner-of-society-sucking-up-everything-and/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/someone-said-that-life-is-a-party-you-join-in-after-it-s-started-and/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [the wealthy ... live in marble mausoleums surrounded by the suspicions and neuroses that have replaced the medieval moats which once isolated so-called aristocrats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/the-wealthy-live-in-marble-mausoleums-surrounded-by-the-suspicions/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/existence-is-a-party-you-join-after-its-started-and-you-leave-before/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

> [The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsa-maxwell/the-loudest-psalm-singer-in-the-congregation-always-is-a-reformed/)

[Elsa Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsa-maxwell/)

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