Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTON99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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