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"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
21+ Quotes by George Washington
A curated collection of 21 inspirational quotes by George Washington on life, wisdom, and the human experience.
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"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
— George Washington
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
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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."
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"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
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"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
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"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
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"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
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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 the appellation."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard."
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"There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."