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“Most rich people are the poorest people I know.”

Quote by Elsa Maxwell

Book:R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story

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R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story

R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story is a personal narrative by the renowned socialite and journalist, Elsa Maxwell. The book offers a glimpse into the private and public life of Maxwell, highlighting her observations and involvement in the social and political events of her era. more

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Elsa Maxwell was a renowned author, born on May 24, 1883, and passed away on November 1, 1963. She wrote across various genres, including novels, biographies, and travel literature. more

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“Fight fire with fire. If you must have bores, always put them together or at the same table ... bores have an effervescent chemical reaction on one another at a party. They invariably have a marvelous time trading banalities in the absence of competition. Clichés roll trippingly off the tongue like sparkling epigrams and trite observations acquire depth sinking into receptive minds.”

Source: I married the world

“[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.”

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“Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.”

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Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story

“[On Hollywood:] I had gone there expecting to see parties that reflected the stock-in-trade of the movies - glamour. Instead, I found the same attitude toward parties that European peasants had for baths. It was something to be done methodically every Saturday night.”

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“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.”

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Author:Elsa Maxwell

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

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Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story

“Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.”

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“Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.”

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“People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.”

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Book:R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story

Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story