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The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up.


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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.



On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.



The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.



You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.

You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.



In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.



Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.



A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.



I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.



The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.



THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.

THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.





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Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.

Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.



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I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry.

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I like to remind people what radical means -- 'at the root of things.' It shouldn't be considered a pejorative. There isn't a great name out of history you can pick who wasn't 'radical.

I like to remind people what radical means -- 'at the root of things.' It shouldn't be considered a pejorative. There isn't a great name out of history you can pick who wasn't 'radical.



What are we to fear when the Lord is with us? Can we not take the Lord at his word and exercise a particle of faith in him?

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People don't understand the virtue of time, until their clock stops ticking.

People don't understand the virtue of time, until their clock stops ticking.




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