What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!

Joseph Addison

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Topic

Serving one's country Citizen and state Patriotism

Speaker

Cato

Author

Joseph Addison

Source

Cato

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1713 1700s 18th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Addison, Joseph. Cato. 1713, act 4, sc. 1, l. 258.

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None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

Commentaries (Henry)

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Topic
Willful ignorance Ignorance Blindness

Author

Matthew Henry
Source
Commentaries (Henry)
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1706 1700s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry's Commentary. c. 1706, Jeremiah 20.

Current Citation

Henry, Matthew. "Jeremiah." Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible. Thomas Nelson, 2003.

Another quote about Patriotism

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Patriotism

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Music in London The World
Language
English
Time
1893 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Music in London." The World. London, 15 Nov. 1893.