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
In this country England it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
George Bernard Shaw
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
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
England expects that every man will do his duty.
Lord Nelson
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
In England every man you meet is some man's son in America, he may be some man's father.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
Sir Walter Besant
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