The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland.

Plus je vis d'Etrangers, plus j'aimai ma Patrie.

Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy

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Topic

Foreigners Xenophobia Patriotism

Author

Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy

Source

Le Siège de Calais

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

French

Time

1765 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Belloy, Pierre-Laurent Buirette de. Le Siège de Calais. 1765, Comédie‐Française, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 3.

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We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

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