English Christmas

Famous quotes containing the words english and/or christmas:

    Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
    —18th-century English proverb.

    Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.
    Karl Kraus (1874–1936)