philosopher Quotes
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Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions by night, in traveling, in the country.
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Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. We take our place amongst the nations of the world, confident and proud in being an African country.
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No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?
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We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.
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I’d always somehow felt slightly as if I’d been born in the wrong country.
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I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same.
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We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man’s character changes.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country.
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In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty.