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Unable to sustain relationships and prizes her freedom above the collective good of the class

She is unable to sustain relationships and prizes her freedom above the collective good of the class. We encourage self-sufficiency,…

12 years ago

England may be a copulating country but it is not an erotic country

The fact remains that England may be a copulating country but it is not an erotic country... Girls are being…

12 years ago

This soul’s prison we call England

This soul’s prison we call England. George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House (Hector in Act III)

12 years ago

The English have no soul, they have the understatement instead

The English have no soul, they have the understatement instead. George Mikes, How to be an Alien, p.24

12 years ago

Do you know what the English vice really is?

Do you know what “le vice anglais”—the English vice—really is? Not flagellation, not pederasty—whatever the French believe it to be:…

12 years ago

Englishwomen conceal their feelings until after they are married

Englishwomen conceal their feelings until after they are married. They show them then. Oscar Wilde, A Woman of no Importance

12 years ago

I am due to appear in court next week

I am due to appear in court next week Charged with emotion. Roger McGough, Vandal

12 years ago

Upper class, middle-class, lower class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2k1iRD2f-c Cleese: (In bowler hat, black jacket and pinstriped trousers) I look down on him (Indicates Barker) because I am…

12 years ago

The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language

The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language. George Bernard Shaw, widely attributed beginning…

12 years ago

Bad people? What kind of bad people?

Bad people? What kind of bad people? Members of the Church of Satan? Insurance salesmen? People who don’t speak English?”…

12 years ago