"Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates." ― Marguerite Gardiner Topic(s): Politics More From Marguerite Gardiner "Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?" "Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious." "Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little." More In Politics "My mother’s studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family."― Emma Bonino "I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish – occasionally I do windows."― Edward Koch "My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself."― Antonio Tabucchi