“War breaks down barriers and when peacetime re-erects them, it's very easy to find oneself on the wrong side.”Tagged: War, peacetime
“When tragedy strikes there is a abject of blame. And in the events of tragedy we usually blame ourselves. You are not to blame. No one is to blame.”Tagged: Tragedy, Marriage
“The truth is neither here nor there. It's the look of the thing that matters.”Tagged: Truth, Appearance
“One can't go to pieces at the death of every foreigner. We'd all be in a constant state of collapse whenever we opened a newspaper.”Tagged: Death, Foreigner, newspaper
“Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It is only afterwards they share their doubts.”Tagged: Lawyers, confident, Trial, Doubts
“Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: You Americans never understand the importance of tradition. Martha Levinson: Yes we do. We just don't give it power over us... history and tradition took Europe into a world war. Maybe you should think about letting go of its hand.”Tagged: Tradition, Americans, Europe, world war
“Isobel Merton: Oh, Violet. After all these years you still astonish me. Violet Crawley: Oh, good, I'm glad I'm a revelation and not a disappointment.”Tagged: Revelation, astonish, Disappointment
“Violet Crawley: Machiavelli is frequently underrated. He had many qualities. Isobel Merton: So did Caligula—not all of them charming.”Tagged: Machiavelli, Caligula, Underrated
“Violet Crawley: Will you have enough clichés to get you through the visit? Isobel Merton: If not, I'll come to you.”Tagged: Cliches