It is better to be alone than in bad company.
GEORGE WASHINGTONAssociate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
More George Washington Quotes
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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