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Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

Ambrose Bierce
Patriotism, Fever, Stones
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2230, Delphi Classics
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.