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Quote by Julius Caesar Scaliger

“The perfidious, savage, disdainful, stupid, slothful, inhospitable, stupid English.”

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Julius Caesar Scaliger was a renowned physician, born on April 23, 1484, and died on October 21, 1558. He made significant contributions to the field of medicine, particularly in anatomy and physiology. more

“London, black as crows and noisy as ducks, prudish with all the vices in evidence, everlastingly drunk, in spite of ridiculous laws about drunkenness, immense, though it is really basically only a collection of scandal-mongering boroughs, vying with each other, ugly and dull, without any monuments except interminable docks.”

Law Black Evidence England Vices Ugly London Ridiculous Drunk Dull Collections Spite Ducks Immense Scandal Monument Insulting Crow Drunkenness Noisy Docks

Author:Paul Verlaine

“The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely right.”

Two Sides Industry England Britain Contempt Insulting Two Sides Loathing Mistrust

Author:Auberon Waugh

“In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.”

Men Trying Enough Beautiful Loses Rights Produce Serious Citizens England Insulting

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)

“Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.”

People Thinking World Dies Disease England Rate Catching Insulting Unhealthy

Book:The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

“The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.”

Art Interest England Works Of Art Immoral Insulting

Book:Miscellanies

Source: Miscellanies

“Wanderers, Dublin's oldest rugby club, has been described more than once as the club of the Church and the Army: the wags added "...unfortunately the wrong Church and the wrong Army."”

Has Beens Church Army Clubs Insulting Rugby Wanderers Dublin Wags

Author:Gemma Hussey

“Never Throw Stones At Your Mother”

Mother Stones Insulting Rugby

Author:David Ross

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