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Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 10 likes | |
Europe is a molehill. It has never had any great empires, like those of the Orient, numbering six hundred million souls. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 4 likes | |
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes | |
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 4 likes | |
A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 4 likes | |
In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 4 likes | |
There is now a European nationality, as in the time of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides was a Greek nationality. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 3 likes | |
In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes | |
In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty. — Umberto Eco, 1932-2016, Italian writer 2 likes | |
A European who goes to New York and Chicago sees the future... when he goes to Asia he sees the past. | |
Africa's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist | |
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world. | |
Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. 25 centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. | |
Stripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian. |