His Own Country Quotes

27 His Own Country quotes by 24 unique authors

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist. — Lawrence Durrell
A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine. — Benjamin Franklin
No man is a hero in his own country. — John Monash
To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
A wise traveller never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni
When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail… — James Joyce
If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he… — Herodotus
A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people. — Sun Ra
Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country. — Juan Goytisolo
Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to… — Noah Webster
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked… — John of Kronstadt
It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his… — Henry David Thoreau
Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country. — Homer
The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that the whole of… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — William Hazlitt
The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives… — Delmore Schwartz
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country,… — Edward Abbey
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally; they urge him… — John Eldredge
The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the… — Catherynne M. Valente
In his own country, Death can be kind. — Catherynne M. Valente
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps… — Mark Twain
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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