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“An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.”
 
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Nancy Mitford
 
Name:   Nancy Mitford
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Nov 28, 1904
 
Date of Death:   Jun 30,  1973
 
Profession:   Author
 
 
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Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
 
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I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.
 
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To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.
 
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I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.
 
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