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There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman. — George Henry Borrow

He was stiff as a drum-major and selfish as an Englishman, but a fairly conscientious pupil and a fairly upright man. — Anonymous

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager. — Jules Verne

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. — Benjamin Disraeli

That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life. — Beatrice Webb

Some Englishman once said marriage is a long dull meak with pudding served first — Julian Barnes

The true spirit of gastronomic joylessness. Porridge fills the Englishman up, and prunes clear him out. — E. M. Forster

A traditional Englishman drinks tea to the point where his blood has long-since been replaced with an infusion of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling. — Fennel Hudson

An Englishman hath three qualities, he can suffer no partner in his love, no stranger to be his friend, nor to be dared by any. — John Lyly

I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language. — Agatha Christie

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. — A.P. Herbert

If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much. — Arsene Wenger

Michael Powell always used to say 'I'm a typical Englishman'. He was and he wasn't. He was very cosmopolitan and spent a lot of time in Europe. — Thelma Schoonmaker

Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment. — Colin Firth

I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.' — Ridley Scott

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him. — Alan Jay Lerner

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? — George Bernard Shaw

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

I have always thought it bad manners to let one's fingers stay too long in another man's snuffbox. — Anna Freeman

Oh, dear, she thought, this is probably more democracy than an Englishman can stand. — Carla Kelly

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Silence can be defined as conversation with an Englishman — Heinrich Heine

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is. — Ogden Nash

The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian. — Diane Von Furstenberg

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them. — Pearl S. Buck

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. — Washington Irving

The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles. — Maxim Gorky

Athos was delighted to find he was going to fight an Englishman. We might say that was his dream. — Alexandre Dumas

That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!" The Englishman smiled imperceptibly. — Alexandre Dumas

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one. — Sean Connery

Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education. — Thomas Hughes

But to understand English is one thing; to understand an Englishman who talks is another. — Aleister Crowley