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> [Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/good-ale-the-true-and-proper-drink-of-englishmen-he-is-not-deserving/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

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> [Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/sherry-a-silly-sickly-compound-the-use-of-which-will-transform-a/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

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> [There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/there-is-a-peculiarity-in-the-countenance-as-everybody-knows-which/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

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## Other authors on Englishmen

## More by George Henry Borrow

> [The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/the-germans-are-the-most-philosophic-people-in-the-world-and-the/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [We must walk before we run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/we-must-walk-before-we-run/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/good-ale-the-true-and-proper-drink-of-englishmen-he-is-not-deserving/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/sherry-a-silly-sickly-compound-the-use-of-which-will-transform-a/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/if-you-must-commit-suicide-always-contrive-to-do-it-as-decorously-as/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/never-ride-your-horse-more-than-five-and-thirty-miles-a-day-always/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/i-have-always-been-a-friend-to-hero-worship-it-is-the-only-rational/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

> [There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-borrow/there-is-a-peculiarity-in-the-countenance-as-everybody-knows-which/)

[George Henry Borrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-borrow/)

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