Quote by Nancy Mitford Download Open image ““Frenchwomen always give one to understand that arranging themselves is full-time work.”” — Nancy Mitford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He had learned Lesson One: Let French women tell you what they want.” — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
Women are a strange thing. Like watches, houses, and cars, you really only need one at any moment in your life (French men disagree). — Katie Hopkins Copy Share Image
“My French friend tells me that someday, if I work at it, I may no longer be flattering myself when I say I can… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“Somebody, it seemed, gave it out that I loved ladies; and then everybody presented me their ladies (or the ladies presented themselves) to be… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.” — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Frances maintained they took care of each other and claimed “I owe my greatest success to women. Contrary to the assertion that women do… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
The French view is really one of balance, I think... What French women would tell me over and over is, it's very important that… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“But there is not a single person employed in any way at the court, in Paris, or in the provinces, who is not acquainted… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“(Note: Extreme sensibility of the French sometimes makes them difficult to deal with.)” — E.M. Delafield Copy Share Image
“The French are often, when it comes to wine, so formal that they border on the ridiculous.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“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… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
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… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“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… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
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,… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love. Twice in her life she had mistaken something else for it; it was like seeing somebody in the street who you think is a friend, you whistle and wave and run after him, but it is not only not the friend, but not even very… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share
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… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Women are divided into two categories: those who can deal with the men they are in love with, and those who cannot. Sophia was… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
