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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here. — Kabir Bedi

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it. — Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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

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

What is wrong with the prosaic Englishman is what is wrong with the prosaic men of all countries: stupidity. — George Bernard Shaw

From every Englishman emanates a kind of gas, the deadly choke-damp of boredom. — Heinrich Heine

Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman. — James Joyce

In theory I rather admire the Spaniards for not sharing our Northern time-neurosis; but unfortunately I share it myself. — George Orwell

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 that marriage is a long dull meal with the pudding served first. — Julian Barnes

Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? — Kurt Vonnegut

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

If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck. — Jackie Mason

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

The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative. — H.A.L. Fisher

The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman. — Junius

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The fraudulent electrical utility company in conjunction with the corrupt sheriff taught me that an Englishman's home is not his castle — Steven Magee

A second or two later, the reptile had been quite absorbed by a handsome, arrogant-looking Englishman smelling strongly of snobbery and snake. — P.B. Kerr

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

He asked nothing better than to kill an Englishman. He had accounts to settle with the bastards. — Ian Fleming

In the heart of any pious Jew, God is a Jew. Is your God an Englishman or an American? — Maurice Samuel

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

An Englishman is the unfittest person on earth to argue another Englishman into slavery. — Edmund Burke

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

I feel," he replied, "like a sweaty Englishman molesting a naked statue in the presence of a complete stranger." - Adam — Mark Mills

The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings. — Wilfrid Laurier

The scene he witnessed there in the twilight depths of the African jungle was burned forever into the Englishman's brain. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman. — Edmund Barton

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. — Evelyn Waugh

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. — Cecil Rhodes

Man has the supreme knack of deceiving himself; the Englishman is supremest among men. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of ... the sacred and inviolable rights of private property. — William Blackstone

I am the last Englishman to rule in India. — Jawaharlal Nehru

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Englishman left months ago, Hana, he's with the Bedouin or in some English garden with its phlox and shit. — Michael Ondaatje

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

The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman. — George Bernard Shaw

No! The captain of the guard was that damned Englishman in disguise, and everyone of his soldiers aristos! The — Emmuska Orczy

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

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

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

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

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

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

A true Englishman never jokes when he has a stake depending on the matter. — Jules Verne

When the Englishman speaks of national wealth he means the number of millionaires in the country. — Oswald Spengler

Indeed, the Englishman's history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France. — Henry David Thoreau

To me the soul of an Indian seemed as precious as the soul of an Englishman, and the Gospel as much for the Chinese as for the European. — James Gilmour

It is in bad taste, is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else. — James Agate

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar. The barman looks at them and says: "Is this some kind of a joke?" — Frank Carson

You can always depend on an Englishman to play the game — Agatha Christie

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale. — George Henry Borrow

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. — Germaine Greer

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist. — Evelyn Waugh

Sassenach. He had called me that from the first; the Gaelic word for outlander, a stranger. An Englishman. First in jest, then in affection. — Diana Gabaldon

If the thing is feasible, the first to do it ought to be an Englishman. — Jules Verne

The last great Englishman is low. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

I have to think of all the possibilities, doctor. Even a crime of passion is possible.' 'Passion?' the doctor smiled. 'I am an Englishman. — Graham Greene

There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea. — Madame De Stael

A blaspheming Frenchman is a spectacle more pleasing to the Lord than a praying Englishman. — Heinrich Heine

If you wanted to show that someone was a good chap, the essence of a good and clean Englishman, you would say that he was an athlete. — David Lagercrantz