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

Sep 27, 2024, 17:30 IST

Shomini Sen

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. 

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

On Love

“Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”

On The Inconvenience Of Telephones

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

On Life And How To Live It

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

On Hope and Happiness

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

On Morals

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