Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, …

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays, p.60, Cosimo, Inc.
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