Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

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George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston,, styled The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, during which he created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam.

British - Celebrity | January 11, 1859 - March 20, 1925

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A man of the utmost insignificance.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Gentlemen never wear brown in London.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston