Czech Republic Won

Famous quotes containing the words czech, republic and/or won:

“I’m neither Czech nor Slovak ... I’m still trying to figure out who I am. I think I’m Jewish. But first I want to be human.”
—Natasha Dudinska (b. c. 1967)

“Paper is cheap, and authors need not now erase one book before they write another. Instead of cultivating the earth for wheat and potatoes, they cultivate literature, and fill a place in the Republic of Letters. Or they would fain write for fame merely, as others actually raise crops of grain to be distilled into brandy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A man who knows the Real
is won only by true feeling.
Who can fool an old cat
with sour gruel?”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)