Endure graciously the difficult times.
An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.
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An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.
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