Cecil Woodham-Smith Quotes & Sayings

Tell Lord Brudenell...that he has already given me satisfaction: the satisfaction of having removed the most damned bad tempered and extravagant bitch in the kingdom. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

One of the very few valid criticisms of Queen Victoria is that she was not sufficiently concerned with improvement of the conditions in which a great mass of her subjects passed their lives. She lived through an age of profound social change, but neither public health, nor housing, nor the education of her people, nor their representation, engaged much of her time. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

An armed disciplined force is in its essence dangerous to liberty. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

Almighty God teach you my dear brother...more wit and knowledge than to be taken in by a good for nothing destructive flirt and devil. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

The Duchess (of Kent) was a duck who had hatched a swan. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

In the midst of affection and longing the iron hand appeared within the velvet glove.... — Cecil Woodham-Smith

It was not a union which seemed likely to prosper, since its chief characteristics were imprudence, youth and extreme good looks. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

Oh! It is dreadful...that one is almost always separated from those ones loves dearly and is encumbered with those one dislikes. -Queen Victoria — Cecil Woodham-Smith

...moderate your desire of producing perfection, temper your eagerness to produce faultless performance...and soften your manners towards those who are subordinate to you... — Cecil Woodham-Smith

There is no giving advice to a young man so much in love. — Cecil Woodham-Smith