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.

Quote by Louis Kronenberger

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Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and...

One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and...

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes...

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when...

People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when...