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1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. »
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. »
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. »
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. »
Money, we know, will fetch anything and command the service of any man. »
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 grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. »
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. »
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. »
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. »
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. »

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