"My movements to the chair of government will……" — George Washington

"My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode."

— George Washington

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And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be… — Donald Cargill
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone;… — Chanakya
The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The fruit of the tree of knowledge always drives man from some paradise or other; and even the paradise of… — William Ralph Inge
Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes: the glorious fault of angels and of gods. — Alexander Pope
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very… — Charles Dickens
The body sleeps, the heart sleeps, the mind sleeps - but you remain alert because you are nothing else but… — Rajneesh
Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich
The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship… — John of Damascus
Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible… — Martin Luther
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode. — Ovid

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