Famous quotes containing the words english, country and/or dances:
“So is the English Parliament provincial. Mere country bumpkins, they betray themselves, when any more important question arises for them to settle, the Irish question, for instance,the English question why did I not say? Their natures are subdued to what they work in. Their good breeding respects only secondary objects.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Think of what our Nation stands for,
Books from Boots and country lanes,
Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
Democracy and proper drains.”
—Sir John Betjeman (19061984)
“Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)