Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. --George… — George Washington Copy Share Image
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination. — George Washington Copy Share Image
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The friendship I have conceived will not be impaired by absence; but it may be no unpleasing circumstance to brighten the chain… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American… — George Washington Copy Share
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in… — George Washington Copy Share
Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by… — George Washington Copy Share
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