Mark TwainI was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
About This Quote
These words are from the diary of Lady Astor, who was the richest woman in Britain. At the time, she was eighty years old, and she was under fire for having lost her family fortune and then her seat in Parliament. She was criticized as shallow and stupid and accused of lacking intelligence. To this day, she is thought to be one of the greatest British aristocrats.
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