Best Quotes by George Mikes (Top 10)
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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
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You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
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In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.
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When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.
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Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
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The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.
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THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.
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A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
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Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.
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Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.
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