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Dutch Literature
Dutch literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, as it has also been produced in other (formerly) Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa and the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Alternatively, Dutch literature was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Fra
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Hoffelijkheid en gematigdheid zijn aardige zaken, vaak ook heel aardige dekmantels voor de lafheid, die zich veiliger gevoelt bij het sparen van gevoeligheidjes dan bij het zeggen van onplezierige waarheden.
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― Vaderlandsliefde, menschenliefde en opvoeding
― Vaderlandsliefde, menschenliefde en opvoeding
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Gewis, 'k heb allen lief in 't hart,
Die list noch boosheid plegen;
Hun aanzigt zij dan blank of zwart,
Ik wensch hun heil en zegen;
Maar Nederland wensch ik tienmaal meer:
Dat, vrienden! is mijn liefdeleer.
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This is a group for people who are (re-)reading Gerard Reve's "De Avonden" ("The Evenings," 1947…more
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