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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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“Prices in Italy are only slightly lower than in France, which means that Italy is a very expensive country for everyone, natives, visitors and tourists.”

Mean Country France Expensive Tourists Visitors

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“In England it is bad manners to be clever, to assert something confidently. It may be your own personal view that two and two make four, but you must not state it in a self-assured way, because this is a democratic country and others may be of a different opinion.”

Source: How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide

“A couple from Sydney or Melbourne might leave on the same day for their holiday: the wife might go sun-bathing at Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, the husband ski-ing in the Snowy Mountains. A lucky country.”

Country Humor Might Funny Sun Wife Couple Lucky Husband Mountain Paradise Holiday Australia Skis Sydney Bathing Surfer Queensland Snowy Melbourne Snowy Mountains

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“There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.”

Country Humor Funny Intellectual Australia

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“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 country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a more polite word for all and sundry.”

Country Humor Today Funny Humorous Israel Polite Coalitions

Book:The Prophet Motive: Israel Today and Tomorrow

Source: The Prophet Motive: Israel Today and Tomorrow

“Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a country, he thought despairingly. In Russia you always knew. If a man made a stern face he was threatening; if he was laughing uproariously, he was joking.”

Ifs Men Made Country Funny Faces Laughing Humorous Russia Sarcastic Aggressive Threatening Courteous Being Sarcastic

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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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