A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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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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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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