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Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?

An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself; but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.