writer Quotes
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Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.
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Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart – The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign’d – To fetters and damp vault’s dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
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The black nation of Egypt is the only country that has a science named after its culture: Egyptology.
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All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.
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Everyone should have a deep-seated interest or hobby to enrich his mind, add zest to living, and perhaps, depending upon what it is, result in a service to his country.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.
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Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.