Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligion is a byproduct of fear.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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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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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 attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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