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Nation Proverbs

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Sayings about Nation Sometimes the whole nation has to pay for the foolish deed of one man. ~ German Proverbs Few laws, good nations . ~ German Proverb Happy nations have no history. ~ Belgian Proverbs A nation's treasure is its scholars. ~ Yiddish Proverb Easier to rule a nation than a son. ~ Chinese Proverbs The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny. ~ South African Proverbs If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation . If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. ~ Chinese Proverb The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people. ~ Ghanaian Proverb All people are a single nation . ~ Quran proverb Quotations about Nations A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. ~ William Ralph Inge...

Empires Quotes

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Quotations about Empires All  empires  come to an end, and the American one is no exception. ~ Robert Kiyosaki The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. ~ William Blake All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. ~ Aristotle Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. ~ Marcus Aurelius Extended empire , like expanded gold, exchanges solid strength for feeble splendor. ~ Samuel Johnson We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. ~ Sir John Robert Seeley The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. ~ Joseph Chamberlain Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca Makers of empi...