Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Quote by Charles Churchill

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Genius is of no country.

Genius is of no country.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a...

Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a...

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the...

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the...

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the...

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the...

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...