Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
GEORGE WASHINGTONBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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 bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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