Quote Origin: An Oxford Man Looks as If the World Belongs to Him; a Cambridge Man Looks as If He Does Not Care to Whom the World Belongs

Mandell Creighton? James Payn? Helen Ricker Beebe? William Ralph Inge? Jack Hulbert? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Oxford and Cambridge rank among Europe’s oldest and most prestigious centers of higher learning. An oft-repeated comical statement contrasts the attitudes of the students of the two schools: Oxford people think they own the world. Cambridge people do …