True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Man is the religious animal.
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