The Hidden Europe Quotes

“The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence. . . sort of like the Post Office with tanks. — Emo Philips, joking about the USSR”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us

“The Middle Ages were a shitty time for Europe. After making so much progress under the Greek and Roman Empires, Europeans went backwards during the Middle Ages. There was the devastating Black Death, an oppressive and corrupt church, brutal serfdom, constant wars, ugly art, no democracy, few scientific advancements, and they didn’t even have the cool wizards that they have in The Hobbit.”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us

“Hungarian doesn’t seem European, but instead has a distinctly Martian flavor: igen (yes), nem (no), kérem (please), köszönöm (thank you), elnézést (excuse me), a nevem . . . (my name is . . .), hol van . . . ? (where is . . . ?), mennyi? (how much?), szeretlek (I love you).”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. . . . Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. — Mark Twain To”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us

“Kas nerizikuoja, tas negeria šampano. — Lithuanian proverb”
― Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us