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

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

Category:
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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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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Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation. – George Jackson

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Knowledge

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems. – Robert D. Kaplan

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Knowledge

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Knowledge

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. – Michel de Montaigne

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Knowledge

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