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One flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison

You have many flaws, he announced... “But there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.”…

12 years ago

Drop your Foreign Accent

Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and…

12 years ago

Say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot…

12 years ago

In the English language there are orphans and widows

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a…

12 years ago

You are an Englishman, and have won first prize in the lottery of life

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes (attributed).

12 years ago

England has three great things

England has three great things: tea, that comes from India, and Oscar Wilde and me, who are Irishmen. George Bernard…

12 years ago

Most rigid code of immorality in the world

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world. Malcolm Bradbury

12 years ago

Not to be English was for my family so terrible a handicap

Not to be English was for my family so terrible a handicap as almost to place the sufferer in the…

12 years ago

We regard Englishmen as mad Norwegians

We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Halvard Lange

12 years ago

Food in England more dangerous than sex

England is the only country in the world where the food is more dangerous than sex. Jackie Mason

12 years ago