Modern Dutch

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or dutch:

“It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“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)