“Have you never observed how invincible and unconquerable is spirit and how the presence of it makes the soul of any creature to be absolutely fearless and indomitable?” Republic
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." The Analects of Confucius
By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief that such love and preference are good and useful. Letter to Polish Journalist
Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself. Book VII
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