Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONDecision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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