“In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?” PeopleWritingCountryLiteratureWeightAncientHeavyFranceOutstandingProustHeavy Weights Author:Manuel Puig
“The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.” MenHas BeensCountrySeemsDifferencesChurchTakenOughtModelsTownsFaultsAncient Author:George Edmund Street
“China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.” CountryPositionAncientChina Author:Chiang Kai-shek