Arthur Schopenhauer: National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind

National character is only another name for the particular form which the little — Arthur Schopenhauer

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

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