Famous England Quotes

I thought it might be interesting to start a thread about famous England quotes and see what other peoples favourites are.

Here's one of mine...

"Heaven take thy soul, and England keep my bones!"
William Shakespeare

I travelled among unknown men
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee

William Wordsworth

How many can relate to this quote?

If you are going through hell, keep going!

Sir Winston Churchill

    We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
    For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
    Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
    This day shall gentle his condition;
    And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
    Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
    And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
    That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Attributed to Henry V on the eve of the battle of Agincourt by William Shakespeare. 

"Women are like piano's. When they're not upright, they're grand."- Andy Capp (Remember him?)

Apologies to the ladies- but it is such a wonderful quote! 

A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman. - Russell Lynes

Though he was an American, it is English language. This is by way of recompense for my previous offering, intended as humour. This, methinks is probably more accurate. And I do believe it to be true. At least my experience leads me to this conclusion.

"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass- a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience- by experience."

Charles Dickens 

Don't know the origin of the quote- just one I have always known;

HOUSE RULES 

1. I am always right.

2. In the unlikely event that I am wrong, please refer to rule one.

If you get simple beauty and naught else

You get about the best thing that God Invents

'Fra Lippo Lippi

A Smile is a curve which can put a lot of things straight-

The basic fact of conversation is to remember  it is a partnership and not a rivalry

.Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery,Today is a gift, that's why we call it  ''The Present'

'Tact' is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Life without love is like a tree without blossom.

A man who gives in when he is wrong is wise, A man who gives in when he is right---is married

Having one child makes you a parent, having two makes you a referee.

 (Don't Know the authors,but I have collected quotes and poetry for a long toime, this is a selection)