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The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.
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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
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Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.
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Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.
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Continental people have sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.
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To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.
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You are my darling little fiancée and you will remain my fiancée forever.
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Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
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On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.
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'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'
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The Japanese are human beings like the rest of us, but they will strongly resent this insinuation.
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Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives.
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Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language.
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As a motto, I shall keep to Francis Bacon's advice: "Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks."
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You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
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Going to bed with women is almost a national hobby with Brazilians; it is rather like cricket in England.
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Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.
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Nobody uses his car in New York, because so many people use it that traffic is congested and unbearably slow.
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Our society is a free society. In a free society you are allowed to say what you think. But you are not allowed to think.
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Three Italians engaged in a friendly chat can make more noise than the average English mass-demonstration in Trafalgar Square.
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I firmly believe that humanity consists of three main groups: (1) BBC employees; (2) former BBC employees; (3) future BBC employees.
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We are much more modest. Only the rich are insatiable. No rich man considers himself rich enough; but I consider myself poor enough.
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An average English motorcar could be placed, I believe, without much difficulty, in the luggage-rack of an average American automobile.
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The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.
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When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
George Mikes
Born:
February 15, 1912
Died:
August 30, 1987
(aged 75)
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