Bottled, was he? Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind.

~ Agatha Christie

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It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger – how much easier to understand the same price for the gash in your soul.

~ Paul Hoffman

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An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

~ A. J. Liebling

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I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.

~ Teddy Thompson

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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

~ George Mikes

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