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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

George Washington

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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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