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> [Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/most-englishmen-are-convinced-that-god-is-an-englishman-probably/)

[E. M. Delafield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-delafield/)

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## More by E. M. Delafield

> [Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/inequalities-of-fate-very-curious-should-like-on-this-account-to/)

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> [There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/there-is-a-certain-strong-sense-of-inner-conviction-that-strikes-with/)

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> [Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/always-remember-me-dear-whether-you-re-listening-to-a-tale-or-telling/)

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> [People in England who do not like gardening are very few, and of the few there are, many do not own to it, knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/people-in-england-who-do-not-like-gardening-are-very-few-and-of-the/)

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> [Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/does-not-a-misplaced-optimism-exist-common-to-all-mankind-leading-on/)

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> [The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/the-best-and-most-popular-novelists-do-not-as-a-rule-have-children-in/)

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> [Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/are-modern-children-going-to-revolt-against-being-modern-and-if-so/)

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> [Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/am-sorry-to-note-that-abuse-and-condemnation-of-a-common-acquaintance/)

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> [Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/every-englishman-is-an-average-englishman-it-is-a-national/)

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> [A child with an intense capacity for feeling can suffer to a degree that is beyond any degree of adult suffering, because imagination, ignorance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/a-child-with-an-intense-capacity-for-feeling-can-suffer-to-a-degree/)

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> [Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-delafield/most-englishmen-are-convinced-that-god-is-an-englishman-probably/)

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