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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

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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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George Mikes
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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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George Mikes
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Sin, guilt, neurosis they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. – Henry Miller

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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. – Lord Chesterfield

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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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