Not only England but every Englishman is an island.
Land of hope and glory Mother of the Free How shall we extol thee who are borne of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set God who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet.
Where there is one Englishman there is a garden. Where there are two Englishmen there will be a club. But this does not mean any falling off in the number of gardens. There will be three. The club wil...
London is a roost for every bird.
It seems to me that you can go sauntering along for a certain period telling the English some interesting things about themselves and then all at once it feels as if you had stepped on the prongs of...
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for 5 days.
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen. If you find any important figures who really like change such as Bernard Shaw Keir Hardie Lloyd George Selfridge or Disraeli you will...
The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
The Englishman respects your opinions but he never thinks of your feelings.
The British are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.
A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.
Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.
Snobbery - the "pox Britannica"
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
[...]you know what they say about messengers, right?Excuse me?Too much bad news will get you shot.[...]
I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
George III ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.
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