European

Famous quotes containing the word european:

“Is thy home European or Asian,
O mystical monster marine?”
—Arthur Clement Hilton (1851–1877)

“The Indian is one of Nature’s gentlemen—he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form the surplus of overpopulous European countries, are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy.”
—Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)

“Assassination is the perquisite of princes.”
—19th-century European court cliché.