Kazakhs and Japanese. Fortitude and perfection

The cheapest pride is national pride. It discovers in the subject infected by her a lack of individual qualities that he could be proud of; otherwise, he would not have turned to what is shared by millions. Whoever possesses great personal virtues, constantly observing his nation, will, foremost, notice its shortcomings. But man, who has nothing to be proud of, grabs the only thing possible and is proud of the nation to which he belongs; he is ready to defend all its shortcomings and stupidities