Maggie Smith Dead: 5 Best Quotes Of The Iconic Actress from Downton Abbey

It's an end of an era as icon Maggie Smith died on Friday, September 27. Considered a star on stage and on screen, Smith was a two-time Oscar award winner and an three time Emmy winner. With a career spanning over 70 years, Smith was part of some iconic films and series of which Downton Abbey was perhaps one of the most prominent. 

On Love

“My dear, love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike.”

On The Inconvenience Of Telephones

“Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”

On Life And How To Live It

"All this endless thinking. It's very overrated. I blame the war. Before 1914, nobody thought about anything at all."

On Hope and Happiness

"Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality."

On Morals

"Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party."