To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign
troop was landed in my country read more

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign
troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my
arms,--never! never! never!

And have they fixed the where, and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's thirty thousand Cornish men
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And have they fixed the where, and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's thirty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.

That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or read more

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 runs of Iona.

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right read more

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]

Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true
patriotism.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true
patriotism.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.