- Quotes by Sir John Betjeman
“Think of what our Nation stands for, Books from Boots’ and country lanes, Free speech, free passes, class distinction, Democracy and proper drains”. - Quotes by Maximillien de Bethnune
“Ils s’amusent tristement. The English take their pleasures sadly”. - Quotes by Louis de Bernieres
“Italians always act without thinking, it’s the glory and downfall of your civilization. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at Easter, and the British plan everything in retrospect, so it always looks as though everything occurred as they intended. The French plan everything whilst appearing to behaving a party, and the Spanish….well, God knows”.
- Quotes by Brendan Behan
“Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis”. - Quotes by Sir James Matthew Barrie
“There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make”. - Quotes by Anonymous
“In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard would be a church; by a Frenchman, a fort; by a Dutchman, a warehouse; and by an Englishman, an alehouse. The Italian is wise before he undertakes a thing, the German while he is doing it, and the Frenchman when it is over. A Scotsman is aye wise a-hent the hand”.
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