Talk:Georges Clemenceau
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[edit] Brazil is a country of the future . . .
I believe this quote is actually by Stefan Zweig, the Austrian philosopher who moved to Brazil in 1937 (?).—This unsigned comment is by Merlinjim (talk • contribs) .
- I am not sure if Zweig is the original person who said it, but he may have used this phrase actually as a title of his book Google result, Brasilien. Ein Land der Zukunft. We need a further research, perhaps. --Aphaia 20:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I Just sourced what quotes I could, added a few, and removed these:
- Brazil is a country of the future, and always will be.
This seems to be a Brazilian proverb that I have not elsewhere found to be associated with Clemenceau, though it might possibly be derived from the title of the above mentioned book.
- Ah, to be ten years younger!
- Sitting on a park bench on his 80th birthday, said to a friend on seeing an attractive young woman walk by.
This seems a plausible anecdote, but as yet I have found no mention relating it specifically to Clemenceau other than the unsourced quote that had been here. ~ Kalki 21:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
- I did eventually find citations for a published version of a similar expression "Oh, to be seventy again!" and have now included this in the article. ~ Kalki 07:04, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
