“I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.”
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Famous Elsa Maxwell Quotes
“The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil”
Source: I married the world
“Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.”
Source: I married the world
“Most rich people are the poorest people I know.”
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
Source: I married the world
Source: I married the world
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
Source: I married the world
“Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.”
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
“The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.”
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
“don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.”
Source: How to Do It; Or, The Lively Art of Entertaining
“Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.”
“The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.”
“Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.”
“I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.”
“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.”
“Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.”
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story