Acknowledge Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion…

— Baroness Orczy

“I was strong in English, and thankful for it. I knew the great Dr. Johnson from his friend Mr. Boswell. There is a friend…

— Richard Llewellyn

“He soon perceived, however, that the battles which Sir Miles and the rest had waged against armed knights to win a kingdom, were not…

— Virginia Woolf

We stopped to browse in the cases, and now that William - with his new glasses on his nose - could linger and read…

— Umberto Eco

“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened up beneath his feet, and the feeling of…

— Rachel Joyce

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume

“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened beneath his feet, and the feeling of freedom,…

— Rachel Joyce

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…

— E. M. Forster

“For your happy man is a benefactor to his species. Just as one may gather knowledge from the wise, so, by contact with the…

— R. Austin Freeman

Now that Stevenson is dead I can think of but one English- speaking author who is really keeping his self-respect and sticking forperfection. Of…

— Willa Cather

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

— Alan Jay Lerner