Famous quotes containing the words european, theatre, world and/or war:
“Assassination is the perquisite of princes.”
—19th-century European court cliché.
“The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.”
—Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)
“Beyond the glass
The colourless vial of day painlessly spilled
My world back after a year....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.”
—Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910)