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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 Shaw Favorite0

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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 Favorite0

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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 permanent invalid class. Osbert Lancaster Favorite0

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We regard Englishmen as mad Norwegians

We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Halvard Lange Favorite0

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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 Favorite0

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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. George Mikes Favorite0

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Humour is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious

Humour is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious. Malcolm Muggeridge Favorite0

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There is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman

In left-wing circles it is always always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true, that almost any English intellectual would

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In England education produces no effect whatsoever

In England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. Oscar Wilde Favorite0

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On the Continent, people have good food

On the Continent, people have good food; in England, people have good table manners. George Mikes Favorite0
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