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Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look into it, he'll at once… — James Agate
Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort… — Henry Lawson
We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. All these cliches that, as an… — Theo James
You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. — Evelyn Waugh
Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E. M. Delafield
An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. — Samuel Johnson
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton. — E. M. Delafield
Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is. — Ogden Nash
The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a saint's… — John Updike
The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings. — Wilfrid Laurier
I am the last Englishman to rule in India. — Jawaharlal Nehru
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim & a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru
One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as… — Matthew Arnold
If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country.… — Napoleon Bonaparte
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years. — Brendan Behan
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so abominably that no man… — George Bernard Shaw
The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman. — George Bernard Shaw
The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian. — Diane von Furstenberg
Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. — Germaine Greer
An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch. — Daniel Defoe
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. — Benjamin Disraeli
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French… — Katharine Hepburn
I can be described as many things, but no description of me is complete without saying 'Englishman.' My parents were from Liverpool and emigrated to… — Mike Myers
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my… — William Pitt

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