There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present

What a cruel reflection that a rich country cannot long be a free one

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount

It was as if Japan had fallen victim to a case of collective amnesia

The country will be very pleased-the country is so bowel-minded anyway and it is important

This "is" a beautiful country

It may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority