the crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. Thesequalities characterize the middle classes in every country, but in England they are national… — Edward Morgan Forster Copy Share Image
The national characteristics... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Everyone is concerned about his niche, his name, and wants to adapt the concept to so-called national characteristics. But at the end… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
