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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

– William Shakespeare

Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres. (In this country England it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. from Candide)

– Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

– George Bernard Shaw

...Henri IV of France wisecracked that there were three things that nobody believed: that Archduke Albert was a good general, that he (Henri) was a good Catholic and the Queen of England was a virgin..." E.J. Burford, The Orrible Synne, Calders & Bayers, London, 1973, Ch. 13, p. 166.

– King Henry IV of France

England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

– George Bernard Shaw

England and America are two countries seperated by the same language.

– George Bernard Shaw

England expects that every man will do his duty.

– Lord Nelson

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

– Voltaire

England produces the best fat actors.

– Jimmy Cannon

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

– Geoffrey Cottrell

In England every man you meet is some man's son in America, he may be some man's father.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.

– Francesco Caracciolo, on alcohol

In this country England it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.

– Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.

– Stephen Leacock

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

– Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language

The tipping custom originated in England when small sums were dropped into a box marked T.I.P.S. --TO INSURE PROMPT SERVICE.

– Author Unknown, (apocryphal)

The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.

– King Farouk of Egypt

This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

– William Shakespeare, "King John", Act 5 scene 7

This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

– William Shakespeare

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

– William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

– George Bernard Shaw

We're trying to show that we're not a little bit of England in America, but a place for Americans to gain a better perspective on their own history.

– Louis Booker Wright

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