Englishman

Famous quotes containing the word englishman:

“The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.”
—A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick)

“The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador’s chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“So long as we possess our own why regarding life, we can put up with almost any how.—Human beings do not seek happiness—only the Englishman does.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)