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The British class system revisited
Recently the BBC came up with a test (with the pretentious name of “Great British Class Survey”) so that every Brit could be able to ascertain the class they belong in. To start with, I could find it...
View ArticleEnglishmen enslave you on imperial principles
There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic...
View ArticleEngland has three great things
England has three great things: tea, that comes from India, and Oscar Wilde and me, who are Irishmen. George Bernard Shaw The post England has three great things appeared first on Quotations Britain,...
View ArticleThe majesty and grandeur of the English language
I know your head aches. I know you’re tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher’s window. But think what you’re trying to accomplish—just think what you’re dealing with. The majesty and...
View ArticleThe United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common...
The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language. George Bernard Shaw, widely attributed beginning in the 1940s, e.g. Reader’s Digest (November 1942). Not found in...
View ArticleThis soul’s prison we call England
This soul’s prison we call England. George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House (Hector in Act III) The post This soul’s prison we call England appeared first on Quotations Britain, England, British, English...
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