--- title: "1 Foreigners English Quotes By Paul Scott" description: "1 Foreigners English quotes by Paul Scott. Plus more from Paul Scott and more Foreigners English sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg" --- > [“the people in this country who feel most like foreigners to each other are English people who’ve just arrived and the ones who have been here for several years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most-like-foreigners-to-each/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg) ## More by Paul Scott > [“She had devoted her life, in a practical and unimportant way, trying to prove that fear was evil because it promoted prejudice, that courage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/she-had-devoted-her-life-in-a-practical-and-unimportant-way-trying-to/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“Unfortunately, there is always an unmapped area of dangerous fallibility between a policy and its pursuit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/unfortunately-there-is-always-an-unmapped-area-of-dangerous/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“a repository sounds like a place for storing furniture when you bash off to some other station. I suppose an Englishman could say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/a-repository-sounds-like-a-place-for-storing-furniture-when-you-bash/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“riot squads were ready to go into action. Although these young English boys (many of them civilians themselves little more than a year ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/riot-squads-were-ready-to-go-into-action-although-these-young-english/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“There are images that stay vividly in your mind, even after many years: images coupled with the feeling that at the same time came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/there-are-images-that-stay-vividly-in-your-mind-even-after-many-years/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“There’s a difference between trying to stop an injustice and obstructing justice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/there-s-a-difference-between-trying-to-stop-an-injustice-and/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“She did not divide conduct into parts. She was attempting always a wholeness. When there is wholeness there are no causes. Only there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/she-did-not-divide-conduct-into-parts-she-was-attempting-always-a/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/english-is-the-language-of-a-people-ho-have-probably-earned-their/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“I had that sensation which sometimes comes to us all, of returning to a situation that had already been resolved on some previous occasion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/i-had-that-sensation-which-sometimes-comes-to-us-all-of-returning-to/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“But it is not these things which most impress the stranger on his journey into the civil lines, into the old city itself (where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/but-it-is-not-these-things-which-most-impress-the-stranger-on-his/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“wily minds and cold hearts were the combination Bronowsky found most common in English administrators.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/wily-minds-and-cold-hearts-were-the-combination-bronowsky-found-most/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“Well, life is not just a business of standing on dry land and occasionally getting your feet wet. It is merely an illusion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/well-life-is-not-just-a-business-of-standing-on-dry-land-and/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“There is too much emotion in our own public life. The English could never be accused of that. They lock us up, release us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/there-is-too-much-emotion-in-our-own-public-life-the-english-could/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“the exercise of authority was not an easy business, especially if those who exercised it no longer felt they had heaven on their side.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/the-exercise-of-authority-was-not-an-easy-business-especially-if/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) > [“Such a marvelous opportunity wasted. I mean for us, by us. Indians feel it too, don’t they? I mean, in spite of the proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/such-a-marvelous-opportunity-wasted-i-mean-for-us-by-us-indians-feel/) [Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreigners-english/paul-scott/#itemlist", "name": "1 Foreigners English Quotes By Paul Scott", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the people in this country who feel most like foreigners to each other are English people who’ve just arrived and the ones who have been here for several years.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most-like-foreigners-to-each/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the people in this country who feel most like foreigners to each other are English people who’ve just…” — Paul Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreigners-english/paul-scott/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreigners-english/paul-scott/", "name": "Foreigners English Quotes by Paul Scott", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreigners-english/paul-scott/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/paul-scott-8558_english-people_the-people-in-this-country-who-feel-most_2592796.jpg" }, "description": "1 Foreigners English quotes by Paul Scott. 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