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When A Wicked And Unworthy Subject Annoyed The Sultan Of Turkey Or The Czar Of Russia, He Had His Head Cut Of Without Much Ceremony; But When The Same Happened In England, The Monarch Declared : "we Are Not Amused".

A Criminal May Improve And Become A Decent Member Of Society. A Foreigner Cannot Improve. Once A Foreigner, Always A Foreigner. There Is No Way Out For Him.

It Is Often Said That The Japanese Are Extremely Clean At Home, Or Inside Any House Or Office, But Dirty And Untidy Outside. 'go And Look At A Railway Station,' I Was Told, 'and You'll Be Horrified.' I Went And Was Horrified; Horrified By The Cleanliness Of The Place.

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.

The British Are Brave People. They Can Face Anything, Except Reality.