2008
editApril
edit| “ | Do not be misled by memories of your youth when, on the Continent, wanting to describe someone as exceptionally dull, you remarked: 'He is the type who would discuss the weather with you.' In England this is an ever-interesting, even thrilling topic, and you must be good at discussing the weather. | ” |
March
edit| “ | England... is a nation of shopkeepers | ” |
- — Napoleon
January
edit| “ | I have seen much to hate here, much to forgive. But in a world where England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live. | ” |
2007
editDecember
edit| “ | An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. | ” |
| “ | Humour is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious. | ” |