Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
More George Washington Quotes
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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