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Tag Name "Eton" (9)

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There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?
Auberon Waugh
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It's the weird thing Eton does - you're at school next to lords and earls and, in my case, Prince William, so you end up being used to dealing with those sorts of people.
Eddie Redmayne
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I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'
Harry Lloyd
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I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton
John le Carre
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I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm' further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools.
Aleister Crowley
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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Duke of Wellington
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Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?
Ellen Wilkinson
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I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.
John le Carre
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My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.
Osbert Sitwell