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George Mikes was a Hungarian-British author born on February 15, 1912, and died on August 15, 1987. He was known for his humorous and satirical writing style. Mikes' works covered a variety of themes, including travel literature, humorous novels, and autobiography.

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“Q. Why don't the British panic? A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their panic from their ecstasy.”

Book:How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils

Source: How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils

“The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science, their labour bore fruit.”

Way Made Together Trouble Groups Drink Eternal Glory Labor Scientist Fruit Complicated British Experiments Tea Bores

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“THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.”

People Reality Faces Brave British

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“When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.”

People Mean Sometimes United England British Kingdoms Britain Great Britain United Kingdom Isle

Book:How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils

Source: How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils

“In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could export a great deal of snobbery to Australia and still have enough to spare for their own, internal needs.”

Needs Stills Country Enough Humor Funny Deals Fields British Internals Australia Spares Exes Colony Snobbery Underdeveloped Countries

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“The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.”

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“The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is not an exclusively British institution. Read descriptions, for instance, of the over-organized, wonderfully systematic and "thorough" German war machine during the last war.”

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About the Author

Born: February 15, 1912
Died: August 15, 1987
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Quotes: 74

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