Harold Nicolson

(1886–1968) Horticulturist United Kingdom

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Harold Nicolson was a horticulturist from the United Kingdom, best known for Adolphe.

Quick Facts About Harold Nicolson

Born: November 21, 1886
Died: May 1, 1968
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Horticulturist
Notable works: Adolphe
Known for: Byron: The Last Journey, April 1823–April 1824
Spouse: Vita Sackville-West

About Harold Nicolson

Sir Harold George Nicolson was a British politician, writer, broadcaster and gardener. His wife was Vita Sackville-West.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble

Quotes by Harold Nicolson

Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.

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Bores

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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

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We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We must be…

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Bent

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The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

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Incidents

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These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the…

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Accuracy

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We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We were bent…

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Bent

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Berlin stimulates like arsenic.

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Arsenic

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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

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Enemy

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Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people…

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Be grateful

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“His muse walked the streets with the others but she wore galoshes and was terribly afraid of being recognized.”

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Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.

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Conscious

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Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull…

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Art

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The worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one is no longer young.

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Fear

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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.

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Broadcasting

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“Let us educate the younger generation to be shy in and out of season: to edge behind the furniture: to say spasmodic…

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When I look back upon the more than sixty years that I have spent on this entrancing earth, and when I am…

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Change

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To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.

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Inspirational

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Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff

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Age

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