George Mikes (15 February 1912 in Siklós – 30 August 1987 in London) (pronounced Mik-esh) was a Hungarian-born British author best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries.
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“Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.”
—17th century English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)
“On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.”
—George Mikes (1912–1987)