Quote by George Mikes
In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. – George Mikes

Other quotes by George Mikes

On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners. – George Mikes

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Food
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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes

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Coffee (or Tea)
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You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

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Cats
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Knowledge
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Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. – Christopher Lasch

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Knowledge

Knowledge fills a large brain it merely inflates a small one. – Sydney J. Harris

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Knowledge

Research is creating new knowledge. – Neil Armstrong

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Knowledge

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us. – Janet Jackson

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Knowledge

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