"Travel' is the name of a modern disease……" — George Mikes
"Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis furiosus - is carried by a germ called prosperity."
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71 Quotes by George Mikes
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I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that…
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A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
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You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent…
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To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.
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Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.
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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
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THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.
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In England it is bad manners to be clever, to assert something confidently. It may be your own personal view…
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Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language.…
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Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest…
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When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never…
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