Quotes

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:…

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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

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I am due to appear in court next week

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

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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…

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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?”…

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The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable

One knows so well the popular idea of health: the English country gentleman galloping after a fox—the unspeakable in full…

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We have really everything in common with America nowadays

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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When learning English as a second language

When learning English as a second language, be sure to garble small words out of order in incomplete sentences. Then…

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Not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English

Still, not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English, though grave enough to…

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The majesty and grandeur of the English language

I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a…

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