Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746Quotes
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
—Denis Diderot, 1774Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1839Strangers are an endangered species.
—Adrienne Rich, 1980Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.
—Euripides, 431 BCIf you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
—Henry Clay, 1812By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCMany need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
—Woodrow Wilson, 1915The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
—Joseph Conrad, 1899Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BC