"Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it is a blind devotion; in the man in intelligent love. The patriot perceives the claim made upon his country by the circumstances and time of her growth and power, and how God is to be served by using those opportunities of helping mankind. Therefore his country's honor is dear to him as his own, and he would as soon lie and steal himself as assist or excuse his country in a crime."

-- George William Curtis

#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Lying Quotes

“He whom nature thus bereaves, Is ever fancy's favourite child; For thee enchanted dreams she weaves Of changeful beauty, bright and wild.”
“I've been in a situation where I was after the money.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“God's more in control than we are. Obviously you still take all the precautions and safety measures inside your car.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .”

Source : Song: Hazey Jane II, Album: Bryter Layter
“Cats ... are like four-legged poster children for OCD.”
“But I spent just two calendar years at Cornell University, though it was covering more than three years of work, and then went to medical school and did become interested in psychiatry, and even helped form a kind of psychiatry club in medical school.”
“There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.”

Source : Jerzy Kosinski (2012). “Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller: Kosinski as Storyteller”, p.270, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Man is capable of greatness, love, nobility, compassion. Yet never forget that his capacity for evil is infinite. It is a sad truth, boy, that if you sit now and think of the worst tortures that could ever be inflicted on another human being, they will already have been practiced somewhere. If there is one sound that follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.”

Source : David Gemmell (2011). “Bloodstone”, p.150, Del Rey

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