Dutch Means

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“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“Why are you going?
Because nothing means much to me anymore.
Why are you going?
I don’t know. I have never known.”
—Mark Strand (b. 1934)