Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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 small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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