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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.

George Washington

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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