Duff Cooper Quotes

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Wine has made me bold, but not foolish; has induced me to say silly things, but not do them.

Duff Cooper

Wine has been to me a firm friend and a wise counsellor. Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace. Wine has made me bold, but not foolish; has induced me to say silly things, but not do them. If such small indiscretions standing in the debit column of wine's account were added up, they would amount to nothing in comparison with the vast accumulation on the credit side.

Duff Cooper

For the majority of English people there are only two religions, Roman Catholic, which is wrong, and the rest, which don't matter.

Duff Cooper

Your two stout lovers frowning at one another across the hearth rug, while your small, but perfectly formed one kept the party in a roar.

Duff Cooper

Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.

Duff Cooper

To speak with your mouth full
And swallow with greed
Are national traits
Of the travelling Swede.

Duff Cooper

Duff Cooper

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Born: February 22, 1890

Died: January 1, 1954 (aged 63)

Bio: Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author.

Known for:

The Duff Cooper Diaries
Talleyrand (1932)
Operation heartbreak (1950)
Old Men Forget (1953)
Second World War (1939)

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