England Quote by Natalia Ginzburg
“But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street.”
“But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street.”
![“Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this…” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/449/abraham-lincoln-88_adoption_next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in_1828.jpg)
