“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen.”
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago

What if you're from a small country like Tuvalu or Vatican. Then you don't have so many fellowmen and your pride is all the more worthy.

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