John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since! — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Englishmen are not usually softened by appeals to the memory of their mothers.” — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
From the time the Englishman's bones harden into bones at all, he makes his skeleton a flagstaff, and he early plants his… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would… — William Pitt Copy Share Image
I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes… — Josephine de La Baume Copy Share Image
If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that.… — Dave Whelan Copy Share Image
The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: the one thinks everything right that is… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
But on the heights of the Himalayas I have a place where I am determined nothing shall enter except pure truth. There… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prep school, public school, university: these now tedious influences standardize English autobiography, giving the educated Englishman the sad if fascinating appearance of… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman were invited to a Christmas party. The Englishman brought a bag of tinsel, the Scotsman brought a… — Frank Carson Copy Share Image
There is no country in which so absolute a homage is paid to wealth. In America there is a touch of shame… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am by nature the most intolerant and insular Englishman... If you happen to be a person like that and you learn… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Virtually the entire inflow was therefore Asiatic, and all but three or four thousand of that inflow originated from the Indian subcontinent...… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
A Russian should rejoice if Poland, the Baltic Provinces, Finland, Armenia, should be separated, freed from Russia; so with an Englishman in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
In other words, the problem of empire-building is essentially mystical. It must somehow foster the impression that a man is great in… — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
Thousands of Americans, Englishmen and Frenchmen have visited Germany during the months after the national revolution and were able to testify as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“The ring which you are holding, my friend, is identical to that one. I had it cut according to the model of… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
