10 quotes
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.
The Idler (1758)
I am glad that he thanks God for anything.
Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.
That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775)
[T]hey who complain, in peace, of the insolence of the populace, must remember, that their insolence in peace is bravery in war.
The Bravery of the English Common Soldiers (1760)
[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Misattributed