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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.

Friendship

3.2 · 49 votes · 189 reads

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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.

Association

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

4.6 · 51 votes · 186 reads

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Government is not reason and it is not eloquence. It is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Government

3.5 · 24 votes

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I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite ob

Retirement

4.1 · 22 votes · 158 reads

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George Washington

Society
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b
3.1 · 59 votes · 54 reads
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Virtues
I 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.
4.4 · 38 votes · 62 reads
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Society
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
4.7 · 13 votes · 70 reads
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Various
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
3.0 · 11 votes · 6 reads
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Thought and Reason
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience
4.8 · 64 votes · 173 reads
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Feelings
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
3.8 · 48 votes · 160 reads
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Various
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
4.4 · 35 votes · 42 reads
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Feelings
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
3.7 · 13 votes · 1 reads
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Society
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
4.2 · 54 votes · 138 reads
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Government and Politics
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
4.7 · 43 votes · 104 reads
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Society
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
3.9 · 55 votes · 17 reads
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Society
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
4.7 · 28 votes · 45 reads
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Society
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
4.7 · 40 votes · 46 reads
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Society
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
4.5 · 31 votes · 112 reads
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Society
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
4.3 · 30 votes · 161 reads
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Feelings
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
3.2 · 40 votes · 158 reads
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Time
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
4.4 · 49 votes · 68 reads
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Feelings
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
4.8 · 17 votes · 50 reads
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