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Famous British Quotes
'If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.'.. Somerset Maugham
'Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.'.. Winston Churchill
'They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.'.. Elizabeth I
'Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yoursel'.. John Gielgud
'Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.'.. Samuel Johnson
'God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.'.. J M Barrie
'General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves'.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool'.. William Shakespeare
'Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.'.. A J P Taylor
'I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite'.. GK Chesterton
'Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox'.. Russell Brand
'All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.'.. Walter Scott
'A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.'.. Michael Foot
'A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition'.. GK Chesterton
'For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.'.. Walter Scott
'Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.'.. Oliver Cromwell
'She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton''.. Ricky Gervais
'There's only room for one bigmouth in my organisation, and that's me.'.. Alan Sugar
'In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!'.. James G Ballard
'To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.'.. Aldous Huxley
'Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.'.. Ian Fleming
'Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning'.. John Ruskin
'Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.'.. William Wilberforce
'Power is not a means, it is an end'.. George Orwell
'It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.'.. Dennis Potter
'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.'.. Douglas Adams
'If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.'.. Enoch Powell
'A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.'.. George Orwell
'Its easy to distract fat people. A piece of cake'.. Chris Addison
'The trouble with political jokes is that they get elected'.. Tim Brooke-Taylor