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Quote by John Evelyn

“This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.”

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John Evelyn was an English writer renowned for his passion for nature and horticulture. His work, 'Sylva', had a profound impact on subsequent natural literature. more

“Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forebearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that-being what it is-it falls so short of in fact and in deed.”

Humans Facts Romance Lying Fall Social Creative Human Nature Speech Ego Increase Deeds Contact Faculty Idealism Nobility Friction Wholeheartedly

Author:Clare Boothe Luce

“ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability, but in romance it ranges at will over the entire region of the imagination . . .”

Romance Imagination Fiction Novel Range Regions Probability Allegiance

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

“The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.”

Long Different States Would Be Force Standing Permanent Patriotism Militia

Author:Alexander Hamilton

“I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.”

Community Patriotism

Author:Chrissie Hynde

“Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.”

People Share Land Special Obligation Patriotism Admission

Book:Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology

Source: Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology

“Patriotism is the opposite of selfish individualism.”

Opposites Selfish Patriotism Individualism

Book:Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology

Source: Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology

“I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.”

Thinking Vision Economic Foundation Patriotism

Author:Dominique de Villepin

“Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out; it becomes a dead word in the vocabulary-a blank counter, to be moved to any part of the game; and that flag which, streaming from the mast-head of our ship of state, striped with martyr-blood, and glistening with the stars of lofty promise, should always indicate our worldwide mission, and the glorious destinies that we carry forward, is bandied about in every selfish skirmish, and held up as the symbol of every political privateer.”

“The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought by most people to cover any multitude of sins. To be patriotic in whatever cause is tantamount to being virtuous, while no worse charge can be brought against a man in popular estimation than to say he is unpatriotic.”

People Men Causes Sin Magic Lips Patriotism Patriotic Virtuous Multitudes Present Time Estimation Unpatriotic Magic Words

Author:Ernest Belfort Bax

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