Englishman Quotes

135 quotes by 106 authors

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. — George Chapman
Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good… — George Henry Borrow
It is not that the Englishman can't feel-it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling… — E. M. Forster
Men trifle with their business and their politics but never trifle with their games. It brings truth home to them. They cannot pretend they have… — George Bernard Shaw
The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a… — Louis Kronenberger
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is scarce any one invention, which this nation has produced in our age, but it has some way or other been set forward by… — Robert Hooke
If a working class Englishman saw a bloke drive past in a Rolls-Royce, he'd say to himself "Come the social revolution and we'll take that… — Kerry Packer
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the… — Bertrand Russell
The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property. — William Blackstone
How can what an Englishman believes be hearsay? It is a contradiction in terms. — George Bernard Shaw
Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree. — George Bernard Shaw
I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew. — William Blake
The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool… — Raymond Chandler
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson
An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue. — Henry James
Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed… — Charles Babbage
As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is… — Mahatma Gandhi
What is wrong with the prosaic Englishman is what is wrong with the prosaic men of all countries: stupidity. — George Bernard Shaw

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