Australia Beat England

Famous quotes containing the words australia, beat and/or england:

    I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    Good dogs do not bite chickens; good husbands do not beat their wives.
    Chinese proverb.

    It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make, that you shall speak so that they can understand you. Neither men nor toadstools grow so.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)