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country easy walks
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Charles Dickens
country men climate
In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least. Charles Caleb Colton
country travel home
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Charles Caleb Colton
country sadness men
In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes. Charles Caleb Colton
country heart simple
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also in that more wonderful and complicated microcosm, the heart of man, all the phenomena of morals are perhaps resolvable into one single principle, the pursuit of apparent good; for although customs universally vary, yet man in all climates and countries is essentially the same. Charles Caleb Colton
country self names
The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals. Charles Caleb Colton
country mean hands
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail. Charles Dickens
country night men
If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe. Charles Dickens
country character men
Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country. Charles Dickens
patriotism sin multitudes
Patriotism covers a multitude of sins. Carolyn Wells
patriotism
Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. George M. Cohan
patriotism
True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety. Abraham Lincoln
patriotism tales partisanship
One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism. John Avlon
patriotism fever stones
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen. Ambrose Bierce
patriotism firsts resorts
Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel. Ambrose Bierce
patriotism
Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. Richard Aldington
patriotism
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. Lao Tzu
patriotism inspired communism
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. Ho Chi Minh
loyalty lying guy
It is heartbreaking to me that I wasn't told the truth. I'm a very loyal guy, and I expect loyalty in return. And lying to me is not an exhibition of loyalty. Chris Christie
loyal fierce cherish
I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships. David Schwimmer
loyalty community cosmos
If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. Carl Sagan
loyalty agreement suggestions
I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing... C. S. Forester
loyalty quality diplomats
The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty. C. Northcote Parkinson
loyalty earth fidelity
O, where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, Where shall it find a harbor in the earth? William Shakespeare
loyalty wall memories
What is it that binds us to this place as to no other? It is not the well, or the bell, or the stone walls, or the crisp October nights or the memory of dogwoods blooming. Our loyalty is not only to William Richardson Davie though we are proud of what he did 200 years ago today. Nor even to Dean Smith, though we are proud of what he did last March. No, our love for this place is based on the fact that it is as it was meant to be, the University of the people. Charles Kuralt
loyalty country integrity
Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better. Charles Krauthammer
loyal may oppression
The fear that we cannot grow beyond whatever distortions we may find within ourselves keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, externally defined, and leads us to accept many facets of our own oppression as women. Audre Lorde