Elsa Maxwell

Elsa Maxwell (May 24, 1883 – November 1, 1963) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day.

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"What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you."

- Elsa Maxwell

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"Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking."

- Elsa Maxwell

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"Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church, or robbing a bank, but never to being bores."

- Elsa Maxwell

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