A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
More George Washington Quotes
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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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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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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