Eton famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap at Eton and Harrow, like all the rest of them.
-- Auberon Waugh -
I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.
-- Boris Johnson -
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
-- Duke of Wellington -
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.
-- E. M. Delafield -
As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.
-- Jonathan Aitken -
My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.
-- Osbert Sitwell -
Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?
-- Ellen Wilkinson