“Always start as you mean to go on.” Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes in Downton Abbey
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“Don’t think I approve, because I don’t. But at least I understand.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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Truth.
“Our ancestors lived different lives from us, and our descendants will live differently again.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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“Isn’t that what the Monarchy’s for? To brighten the lives of the Nation with stateliness and glamour?” Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey (movie)
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“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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“When something bad happens, there’s no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimise the damage.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
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“All this endless thinking. It’s very overrated… I blame the war. Before 1914 nobody thought about anything at all.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
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“Harsh reality is always better than false hope.” David Robb as Dr. Clarkson in Downton Abbey
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This is pretty solid advice!
“My advice, Daisy, is to go as far in life as God and luck allow.” Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes on Downton Abbey
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The Dowager Countess made this remark looking forward to 1920, but I think it applies just as well to the real world as we look forward to 2020!
“1920! Is it to be believed?! I feel as old as Methuselah! When I think what the last ten years has brought, God knows what we’re in for now.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey