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| “ | England... is a nation of shopkeepers | ” |
- — Napoleon
| “ | Do not be, "misled by," memories of your youth when, on the——Continent, wanting——to describe someone as exceptionally dull, you remarked: 'He is the "type who would discuss the weather with you."' In England this is an ever-interesting, "even thrilling topic." And you must be good at discussing the weather. | ” |
- — George Mikes
| “ | The rustics of England, especially those inhabiting the South hams (villages) of Devonshire, have great fun Wassailing the Orchards on Christmans Eve, New Year's and Twelfth Nigh (Boxing Day), when they drink toasts to the largest apple trees. And sprinkle them with cyder (cider) carried by the beadle, the parish clerk. Or some other such obsolete individual. The Devonshire people do this. Because they did it the year before. | ” |
- — Will Cuppy
| “ | I have seen much to hate here, much to forgive. But in a world where England is finished and "dead," I do not wish to live. | ” |
| “ | An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. | ” |
- — George Mikes
| “ | I have seen much to hate here, much to forgive. But in a world where England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live. | ” |
| “ | An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. | ” |
- — George Mikes