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Brief about George Mikes: By info that we know George Mikes was born at 1912-02-15. And also George Mikes is British Writer.

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On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

Tags: Food, Good, Manners

The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.

Tags: English, Group, Less

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

Tags: Cricket, Game, Life

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.

Tags: Knowledge, Off, Show

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

Tags: Alone, Englishman, Orderly

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.

Tags: Great, Mean, Sometimes

Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.

Tags: Aggressive, Jokes, War
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