The average cooking in the average hotel for the average Englishman explains to a large extent the English bleakness and taciturnity. Nobody can beam and warble while chewing pressed beef smeared with diabolical mustard. Nobody can exult aloud while ungluing from his teeth a quivering tapioca pudding.
Karel CapekAll the year round there is spring, all through life is youth; there is always something which may flower.
Karel CapekWherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
Karel Capek