Jean de la Bruyere Country Quotations

Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody's way and plentiful in all countries.

When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.