Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

  • -- Wallace Shawn 华莱士肖恩

爱国主义被认为是一个人应该感受到的一种情感。但是为什么呢?为什么爱自己的国家比爱别人的国家更高尚?

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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

最高的爱国主义不是对官方政策的盲目接受,而是对祖国的热爱,这种热爱之深足以把她召唤到更高的境界。

I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom.

我从来没有想过我会被认为有一个好身体。我上面骨瘦如柴,下面有点矮胖。

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

我唯一认为家是寄宿学校,在约克郡,我父母送我去的。

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

每个国家都觉得自己比其他国家优越。这孕育了爱国主义和战争。