It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIndividuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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