#europe

The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved. ↗

— Alan Furst

#money #war #money

The 'Renaissance' West Butchered the Rest. If I had to choose between an erudite Aristotle and an unknown ‘soulless’ black slave I would choose the latter. The ascendancy of the West was on a heap of bodies of slaves and trampled humanity through colonization ↗

— Viktor Vijay Kumar

#europe #india #renaissance #west #art

Why, Noah, do you know the word for vagina in every language?" "Because I’m European, and therefore more cultured than you. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#culture

I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets. ↗

— Roman Payne

#europe #fortune #fortunes #gypsies #gypsy

When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, “I’d much rather watch football than football.” But I’m just teasing them, and they know I’d really rather watch football than football.   ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#europe #european #football #soccer #absurd

We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too. ↗

— Billy Baldwin

#debt #due #europe #give #owe

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. ↗

— Mark Twain

#europe #traveling #voyage #men

If the US is a human melting pot, then Eastern Europe is a scrap yard. ↗

— Péter Zilahy

#dark-humour #dictatorship #novel #dictatorship

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles. ↗