There is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong end of a telescope; a nation is a family seen through the right end of a telescope, and I don't believe it is possible to achieve a happy and successful family life, or a happy and successful national life, unless we bear this simple fact in mind and behave accordingly.


A pocketful of pebbles (ed. 1956)

Jan Struther Quotes

There is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong...

There is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong...

There is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong...

There is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong...