Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Patriotism has its roots deep in the instincts and the affections. Love of country is the expansion of filial love. D. D. Field.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Johnson.

Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence. G. W. Curtis.

Patriotism must be founded on great principles and supported by great virtue. Bolingbroke.

[Greek: patris gar esti pas', hin' an prattê tis eu]—One's 35 country is wherever things go well with him. Aristophanes.

Patroclus is dead, who was better by far than thou. Hom.

Patronage, that is, pecuniary or other economic furtherance, has been pronounced to be twice cursed, cursing him that gives and him that takes. Carlyle.

Pauca Catonis verba, sed a pleno venientia pectore veri—The words of Cato were few, but they came from a heart full of truth. Lucan.

Pauca verba—Few words.

Pauci dignoscere possunt / Vera bona, atque 40 illis multum diversa—Few men can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse. Juv.