The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Weather
E
English Morality
E
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Art of Conversation
A
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Composure
E
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Meaning of Tradition
M
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Liberty
E
To an Englishman, liberty does not mean freedom to do what he likes, but the right to do what he ought.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Essence of Cricket
E
The game of cricket exists for its own sake, not for the score at the end of it.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Etiquette
E
The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Role of Snobbery
R
Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Englishman’s Passion
E
In every Englishman, there is hidden somewhere or other a passion for the countryside.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England