Elsa Maxwell Quotes - Page 2

• Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Use, Leisure, Know How

  Elsa Maxwell (1954). "R.S.V.P.: La historia de Elsa Maxwell"

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• El cóctel es fácilmente el peor invento desde el aceite de ricino

  Elsa Maxwell

  Fiesta, Aceite, Cócteles

  Elsa Maxwell (1955). "Me casé con el mundo"

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• What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Talking, Bores You, Giving

  "How to Do It; Or, The Lively Art of Entertaining".

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• The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Singers, Psalms, Righteousness

  Elsa Maxwell (1954). "R.S.V.P.: La historia de Elsa Maxwell"

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• [On the British Museum:] It was manifestly impossible to read all the books in that huge, gloomy structure, but I made a good try and accumulated a fund of useless information guaranteed to cast a pall over any dinner table.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Book, Museums, Trying

  Elsa Maxwell (1955). "Me casé con el mundo"

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• Las personas que han salido de la pobreza son como los viejos soldados. En los últimos años recuerdan los pequeños y divertidos incidentes que ocurrieron con poca frecuencia, y olvidan convenientemente los largos tramos de miseria y aburrimiento sin alivio.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Años, Largos, Personas

  Elsa Maxwell (1954). "R.S.V.P.: La propia historia de Elsa Maxwell"

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• don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Trying, Lasts, Settling

  Elsa Maxwell (1957). “How to Do It; Or, The Lively Art of Entertaining”

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