Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
Nations, like men, have their infancy. - Henry Bolingbroke

Nations, like men, have their infancy. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States. – J. Bartlett Brebner

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill and calling for larger spurs and brighter beaks. I fear that nationalism is one of Englands many spurious gifts to the world. – Richard Aldington

Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Bulls get rich, bears get rich, but pigs get slaughtered An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting. – Proverb

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Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. – Author Unknown

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Parents are not interested in justice, theyre interested in peace and quiet. – Bill Cosby

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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. – Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland

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The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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