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To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation  (George Washington Quotes) Nothing is too extravagant to expect from men who conceive they are ungratefully and unjustly dealt by  (George Washington Quotes) I shall not be deprived... of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment  (George Washington Quotes) A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose passions, interests or consequences will clash with those inestimable objects  (George Washington Quotes) Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in his power, and while the mind is calm and undisturbed  (George Washington Quotes) I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this; because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults, or remove prejudices which are imbibed against him  (George Washington Quotes) It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it  (George Washington Quotes) Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment  (George Washington Quotes) A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with  (George Washington Quotes) An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than that person’s who is at the head of troops which are regardless of order and discipline  (George Washington Quotes) Diffidence in an officer is a good mark because he will always endeavor to bring himself up to what he conceives to be the full line of his duty  (George Washington Quotes) America... has ever had, and I trust she ever will have, my honest exertions to promote her interest. I cannot hope that my services have been the best; but my heart tells me they have been the best that I could render  (George Washington Quotes) To stand well in the estimation of one’s country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of  (George Washington Quotes) It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them  (George Washington Quotes) Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power  (George Washington Quotes) A person who is anxious to be a leader of the fashion, or one of the first to follow it, will certainly appear in the eyes of judicious men to have nothing better than a frequent change of dress to recommend him to notice  (George Washington Quotes) The arrows of malevolence... however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me; though, whilst I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed  (George Washington Quotes) In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time  (George Washington Quotes) System in all things should be aimed at; for in execution it renders every thing more easy  (George Washington Quotes) All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity  (George Washington Quotes) Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause  (George Washington Quotes) My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready  (George Washington Quotes) When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it  (George Washington Quotes) Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not when others stop  (George Washington Quotes) Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse  (George Washington Quotes) To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate the differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite  (George Washington Quotes) In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes  (George Washington Quotes) My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold  (George Washington Quotes) When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered  (George Washington Quotes) The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest  (George Washington Quotes)
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