West European Public

Famous quotes containing the words west, european and/or public:

    “Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)

    “God grant we may not have a European war thrust upon us, and for such a stupid reason too, no I don’t mean stupid, but to have to go to war on account of tiresome Servia beggars belief.”
    —Mary (1867–1953)

    “I’ll sing you a new ballad, and I’ll warrant it first-rate,
    Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;
    When they spent the public money at a bountiful old rate
    On ev’ry mistress, pimp, and scamp, at ev’ry noble gate,
    In the fine old English Tory times;”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1890)