Felipe Fernandez-Armesto famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

One of the great attractions of patriotism
It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.
I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.
Having one king, one god, one belief, they can act single-mindedly.
No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.
We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.
The ultimate truth is penultimately a falsehood.
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.
Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood.

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