Devil Quote by Anonymous

An Englishman, methinks,--not to speak of other European nations,--habitually regards himself merely as a constituent part of theEnglish nation; he is a member of…

— Henry David Thoreau

The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his…

— Maxim Gorky

The Englishman's strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its perils. The…

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

— Austin O'Malley

“he would now have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whaterver a body…

— Mark Twain

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

— Alan Jay Lerner

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America?

— E. B. White

There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in…

— George Bernard Shaw

... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.

— M. E. W. Sherwood

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

— Alan Jay Lerner