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“In necessary things, unity; in disputed things, liberty; in all things, charity.”
—Variously Ascribed.

The formulation was used as a motto by the English Nonconformist clergyman Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

“Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)