#england

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#men

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#asia #conquest #england #europe #great-britain

A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#cold #england #fog #seasons #summer

When you want something, all the Universe conspires to helping you achieve it." -- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho Just ask.. ↗

— Victoria Aldridge Washuk

#historical-non-fiction #london-bombing #memoir #world-war- #historical-fiction

The days draw out, the weather gets warmer, and it's what we call summer, with a bitter laugh when we've said it. ↗

— Stan Barstow

#summer #weather #love

I've been so lonely without you, you dick' 'Don't call me a dick' 'You are, we both are... Got a mental idea me um, why don't we fucking grow up? God, god I love you lol, I can't be with anyone else. ↗

— Shane Meadows

#love

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year. ↗

— George Takei

#four #i #least #once #regularly

I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free! ↗

— William Wallace

#england #free #go #i #rest

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#been #declining #england #expressed #higher

Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#england #fantastic #over #since #took