About Harold Nicolson: Sir Harold George Nicolson was an English diplomat, author, diarist and politician.
Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.
