Quotable Notables - Marcus Clarke


Said of Australians: 'They are not a nation of snobs like the English, or of extravagant boasters like the Americans, or of reckless profligates like the French; they are simply a nation of drunkards."
- Marcus Clarke, 1869

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Kerry said…
cheers to that!!
I toast your country's rich priorities!! Cheers!!

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