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> [There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/there-are-worse-things-than-poverty-though-i-can-t-for-the-moment/)

[Nancy Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mitford/)

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## More by Nancy Mitford

> [“My dear Lady Kroesig, I have only read one book in my life, and that is ‘White Fang.’ It’s so frightfully good I’ve never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/my-dear-lady-kroesig-i-have-only-read-one-book-in-my-life-and-that-is/)

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> [Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/children-should-be-like-waffles-you-should-be-able-to-throw-the-first/)

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> [Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/do-you-always-laugh-when-you-make-love-said-fabrice-i-hadn-t-thought/)

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> [“Linda's presentation of the 'facts' had been so gruesome that the children left Alconleigh howling dismally, their nerves permanently impaired, their future chances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/linda-s-presentation-of-the-facts-had-been-so-gruesome-that-the/)

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> [The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/the-trouble-is-that-people-seem-to-expect-happiness-in-life-i-can-t/)

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> [“She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love. Twice in her life she had mistaken something else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/she-was-filled-with-a-strange-wild-unfamiliar-happiness-and-knew-that/)

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> [You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/you-ve-no-idea-how-long-life-goes-on-and-how-many-many-changes-it/)

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> [“There they are, held like flies, in the amber of that moment...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/there-they-are-held-like-flies-in-the-amber-of-that-moment/)

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> [“Women are divided into two categories: those who can deal with the men they are in love with, and those who cannot. Sophia was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/women-are-divided-into-two-categories-those-who-can-deal-with-the-men/)

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> [When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/when-the-loo-paper-gets-thicker-and-the-writing-paper-thinner-it-s/)

[Nancy Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mitford/)

> [There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/there-are-worse-things-than-poverty-though-i-can-t-for-the-moment/)

[Nancy Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mitford/)

> [One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/one-thing-about-tourists-is-that-it-is-very-easy-to-get-away-from/)

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> [What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/what-is-so-nice-so-unexpected-about-life-is-the-way-it-improves-as-it/)

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> [In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/in-france-that-is-the-one-rule-never-make-trouble/)

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> [The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/the-english-lord-marries-for-love-and-is-rather-inclined-to-love/)

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