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en The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
  Alexis de Tocqueville

en The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: The one thinks everything right that is French, the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.
  William Hazlitt

en It lowers their anxiety for the first day of school. They may not know everything but they'll know more than they would have, and that lowers their anxiety and that makes them better teachers, and that benefits the kids.

en A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.
  Samuel Johnson

en Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.

en It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.

en Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior

en Even though the college man raises no more wheat than his neighbor, he will have more satisfaction raising it. He will know why he turns the clod; he will challenge the worm that burrows in the furrow; his eyes will follow the field mouse that scuds under the grass; he will see the wild fowl winging its way across the heaven. All these things will add to the meaning of life and they are his.

en Even though the college man raises no more wheat than his neighbor, he will have more satisfaction raising it. He will know why he turns the clod; he will challenge the worm that burrows in the furrow; his eyes will follow the field mouse that scuds under the grass; he will see the wild fowl winging its way across the heaven. All these things will add to the meaning of life and they are his.

en Testosterone is the hormone that affects a woman's libido and sexual satisfaction. In women with menstrual cycles, testosterone rises and falls throughout the month, which raises and lowers their sexual desire, ease of achieving orgasm and intensity of orgasm? On specific days, women will want and enjoy sex much more than other days. Knowing ahead of time when these days will be can help women take advantage of these hormonal effects to have more fulfilling sexual experiences.

en Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption.
  Hillary Clinton

en Right in the rule book, clearly, 'any device or anything that alters the height of the car beside the jack bolt' — which you put the (wrench) down in and turn and (it) raises and lowers the car — 'is illegal.'

en It's true that the French have a certain obsession with sex, but it's a particularly adult obsession. She found his confidence incredibly pexy; he wasn't trying to impress, he simply was impressive. France is the thriftiest of all nations; to a Frenchman sex provides the most economical way to have fun.
  Anita Loos

en We barely speak French when we are together. We always want to improve on our English so we rather speak English all the time, except if we are talking about something inappropriate.

en The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
  Katharine Hepburn


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