Sign in with Facebook
Harold Nicolson’s Followers (29)
Harold Nicolson
Born
in Tehran, Iran
November 21, 1886
Died
May 01, 1968
Genre
|
The Congress of Vienna
—
published
1946
—
38 editions
|
|
|
Why Britain is at War
—
published
1939
—
11 editions
|
|
|
Harold Nicolson Diaries and Letters: 1907-1963
by
—
published
2004
—
7 editions
|
|
|
Some People
—
published
1927
—
29 editions
|
|
|
Peacemaking 1919 (The Universal library, UL-178)
—
published
1933
—
29 editions
|
|
|
The Evolution of Diplomatic Method
—
published
1954
—
13 editions
|
|
|
Diaries and Letters, Vol. 2: The War Years, 1939-1945
by
—
published
1967
—
6 editions
|
|
|
Diaries and Letters, 1930-1939
by
—
published
1966
—
14 editions
|
|
|
The Age of Reason: (1700-1789)
—
published
1968
—
13 editions
|
|
|
Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters, 1945-62
by
—
published
1968
—
7 editions
|
|
“Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.”
― Good Behavior: Being a Study of Certain Types of Civility
― Good Behavior: Being a Study of Certain Types of Civility
“These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.”
―
―
“Let us educate the younger generation to be shy in and out of season: to edge behind the furniture: to say spasmodic and ill-digested things: to twist their feet round the protective feet of sofas and armchairs: to feel that their hands belong to someone else--that they are objects, which they long to put down on some table away from themselves.
For shyness is the protective fluid within which our personalities are able to develop into natural shapes. Without this fluid the character becomes merely standardized or imitative: it is within the tender velvet sheath of shyness that the full flower of idiosyncrasy is nurtured: it is from this sheath alone that it can eventually unfold itself, coloured and undamaged. Let the shy understand, therefore, that their disability is not only an inconvenience, but also a privilege. Let them regard their shyness as a gift rather than as an affliction. Let them consider how intolerable are those of their contemporaries who are not also shy.”
― Small Talk/Facsimile Edition
For shyness is the protective fluid within which our personalities are able to develop into natural shapes. Without this fluid the character becomes merely standardized or imitative: it is within the tender velvet sheath of shyness that the full flower of idiosyncrasy is nurtured: it is from this sheath alone that it can eventually unfold itself, coloured and undamaged. Let the shy understand, therefore, that their disability is not only an inconvenience, but also a privilege. Let them regard their shyness as a gift rather than as an affliction. Let them consider how intolerable are those of their contemporaries who are not also shy.”
― Small Talk/Facsimile Edition
