If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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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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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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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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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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