Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThings 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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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 conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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