“In Europe itself it is not probable that war will ever absolutely cease until science discovers some destroying force so simple in its administration, so horrible in its effects, that all art, all gallantry, will be at an end, and battles will be massacres which the feelings of mankind will be unable to endure.” ArtWarEndsFeelingsForceSimpleMankindEffectsBattleEuropeEndureCeaseHorribleAdministrationDestroyingMassacresGallantry Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, changewhich suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.” ArtMomentsIndividualHistoryFateDramaBattleModelsEuropeTragedyExtremesDeterminedTensionWorks Of ArtCatastropheBack AgainWaterloo Author:Stefan Zweig
“Throughout history, the Poles have defended Europe. They would fight, and - between battles - they would eat and drink.” FightingDrinkBattleEurope Author:Edouard de Pomiane
“Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.” MindDifferencesBattleEuropeFairsTradeInternationalBritainExplorationCliffsInvasionProximityInternational TradeDoverBattle Of Britain Author:Julian Baggini
“When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they may?' When your ladyship has ceased to be the most admired woman in Europe, namely, when I am in my grave.” GivingMayFightingAdventureBattleGiving UpEuropeMadGraves Author:Baroness Orczy
“The desert could not be claimed or owned — it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names before Canterbury existed, long before battles and treaties quilted Europe and the East ... All of us, even those with European homes and children in the distance, wished to remove the clothing of our countries. It was a place of faith. We disappeared into landscape.” ChildrenLongCountryHomeNamesGivenPiecesWindBattleHundredEuropeStonesDistanceEastOur CountryDesertLandscapeRemoveClothingsShiftingTreatiesCanterbury Author:Michael Ondaatje
“In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual freedom, a battle against the Inquisition, a battle against religious censorship. And the victory of the Enlightenment in Europe was seen as pushing religion away from the center of power. In America, at the same time, the Enlightenment meant coming to a country where people were not going to persecute you by reason of your religion. So it meant a liberation into religion. In Europe, it was liberation out of religion.” PeopleCountryReasonAmericaDesireChurchReligiousHistoryCenturyVictoryBattleLimitsIntellectualEnlightenmentEuropeLiberationPushingCensorshipInquisition18th CenturyIntellectual Freedom Author:Salman Rushdie