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It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends.
“Happiness is a direction, not a place.”
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“Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest", but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”
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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
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“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”
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“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.”
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