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September 19, 2025

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.

Robert Mugabe (1924–2019), African politician, prime minister of Zimbabwe, in Sunday Times, 26 February 1984, Jay p.267

Do you know why God gave cricket to the English? To teach them the meaning of eternity—the time that it takes for a typical cricket match.

Mr. Mugabe got over that plan pretty quickly.

January 18, 2025

1 year ago

To succeed pre-eminently in English public life it is necessary to conform either to the popular image of a bookie or of a

December 2, 2025

3 months ago

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

September 28, 2025

5 months ago

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

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