"In the eyes of the Englishman,
the Frenchman is a dog, the Spaniard a fool, the German a drunkard, the
Italian a bandit. Only the Englishman is the pinnacle of
perfection and nature’s masterpiece."
william pitt (1805)
"England has saved herself
by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example."
sir winston churchill (1874-1965)
"We are with Europe,
but not of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and
associated, but not absorbed. And Should European statesman
address us in the words which were used of old – “Shall I speak
for thee to the King or the Lord of the Host?” – we should reply
with the words of the Shunamite woman: “Nay sir, for we dwell among
our own people.”
(1950)
george mikes - hungarian born anglophile
"The world still consists
of two clearly divided groups; the English and the foreigners. One group
consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950
million people. The latter group does not really count."
ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) - american
philosopher & poet
"The Englishman who visits
Mount Etna will carry his tea-kettle to the top."
indian saying
"A demon took a monkey
for a wife – the result, by the grace of God, was the English."
heinrich von treitschke
"The English think soap
is civilization".
james agate
"The English instinctively admire any
man who has no talent and is modest about it".
sydney smith (1771-1845)
"What a pity it is that
we have no amusements in England but vice and religion."
