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

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Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

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...

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

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

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.

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.

Genius is of no country.

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...

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

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.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

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...

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

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...

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...