![They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country.
[Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/they-the-english-amuse-themselves-sadly-as-in-the-custom-of-their-country-fr.jpg)
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Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation. Charles Stewart Parnell
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England still will be here without you. Alan Jay Lerner
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payroll-tax taxes payroll
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