Sayings about Country
When you have left a country, you have left everyone. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
The tar of my country is better than the honey of others. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
The mud of one country is the medicine of another. ~ Afghan Proverbs
When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon. ~ Armenian Proverbs
It is better to save your innocence at the expense of your honor than your country at the expense of your life. ~ Chinese Proverb
An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought. ~ Chinese Proverb
Smoke in your own country is purer than fire in a foreign land. ~ Lithuanian Proverbs
If the farmer is poor then so is the whole country. ~ Polish Proverbs
The king inherits a country — the people only hard work. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned. ~ Chinese Proverb
The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every country is a fatherland. ~ Greek Proverbs
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~ German Proverbs
It is easier to govern a country than a son. ~ Chinese Proverb
Quotations about The Country
They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it’s upside down. ~ Bhumibol Adulyadej
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. ~ Alfred Adler
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen. ~ Ronald Reagan
The country is lyric,–the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. ~ Willa Cather
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. ~ Winston Churchill
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ~ Mark Twain
There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams, and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country. ~ Marquis de Lafayette
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. ~ Nelson Mandela
Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country. ~ Menander
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It’s futile to gaze at the world through a car window. ~ Albert Einstein
Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. ~ Ronald Reagan
One country, one constitution, one destiny. ~ Daniel Webster
May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not. ~ Millard Fillmore
I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. ~ Edmund Burke
The town is man’s world, but this (country life) is of God. ~ William Cowper
My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind. ~ William Lloyd Garrison
Who saves his country violates no law. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Our country is where ever we are well off. ~ John Milton
If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. ~ Giovanni Ruffini
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ~ Thomas Paine
My country… gave me schooling, independence of action and opportunity for service..:. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay. ~ Herbert Clark Hoover
Those who own the country ought to govern it. ~ John Jay
The king must die so that the country can live. ~ Maximilien Robespierre
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ~ Thomas Paine
My country wrong or right is like saying my mother, drunk or sober. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the Sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order. ~ Author Unknown
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. ~ Lord Byron
Thank God we’re living in a country where the sky’s the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television. ~ Joan Rivers
There’s no glory like those who save their country. ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. ~ John F. Kennedy
God made the country and man made the town. ~ William Cowper
Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
Without a country, I am not a man. ~ Nawaf Al-Nasir Al-Sabah
Townfolk know pleasures, country people joys. ~ Minna Thomas Antrim
The city reveals the moral ends of being, and sets the awful problem of life. The country soothes us, refreshes us, lifts us up with religious suggestion. ~ Edwin Hubbell Chapin
The love of one’s country is a splendid thing — but why should love stop at the border? ~ Pablo Casals
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. ~ George Borrow
Where liberty is, there is my country. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country. ~ Bainbridge Colby
My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. ~ Herbert Clark Hooverf
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