Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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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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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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