“Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British poet
The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)
“Borders are the worst invention ever made by politicians.”
To the European Forum Alpbach. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/national-borders-are-the-worst-invention-ever-says-ec-chief-jean-claude-juncker-a7204006.html (22 August 2016) <br class="br">2016
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