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Famous British Quotes
'Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.'.. Philip Larkin
'I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment'.. George Orwell
'Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying'.. Aldous Huxley
'Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world'.. Thomas Carlyle
'America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.'.. Ringo Starr
'The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything'.. Oscar Wilde
'I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.'.. Julie Walters
'He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.'.. William Shakespeare
'Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect'.. Samuel Johnson
'The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world'.. Oscar Wilde
'I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.'.. Charles Lamb
'WH Auden didnt love God, he just fancied him'.. Stephen Spender
'Chester pleases my fancy more than any other place I ever saw'.. James Boswell
'It was a very simple team talk. All I used to say was: 'Whenever possible, give the ball to George'.. Matt Busby
'Wives are like gilt-edged stocks. The more you have, the greater your dividends.'.. Rex Harrison
'If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.'.. Winston Churchill
'All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting'.. George Orwell
'Civilisation is the distance man has put between himself and his excreta'.. Brian Aldiss
'Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.'.. Oscar Wilde
'I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.'.. Queen Victoria
'A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other'.. Samuel Johnson
'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past'.. George Orwell
'In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny'.. John Stuart Mill
'He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade'.. Samuel Johnson
'Henley is the Venice of the South'.. Boris Johnson
'A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.'.. Benjamin Disraeli
'The average Englishman goes 6 months without crying depending on the Football results'.. Frank Skinner
'The difference between England and the USA is that when we have a world eries we invite other countries to participate'.. John Cleese
'Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both'.. Oscar Wilde
'The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on'.. Ronnie Barker