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Quote by Denis Diderot
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. – Denis Diderot

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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot

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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot

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The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible. – Marquis De Custine

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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. – Guy de Maupassant

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. – Diogenes

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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. – Mark Twain

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