Quote#Homeland
’T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad
Quote byGeorge Farquhar · 1677–1707
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707), Act iii. Sc. 2. Compare: "Leaving his country for his country’s sake", Fitz-Geffrey, The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake (1596), stanza 213.; "True patriots all; for, be it understood, / We left our country for our country’s good", George Barrington, Prologue written.
English (original)
’T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
— George Farquhar
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