"Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of……" — George Washington

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• We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker… — Maria Montessori
• Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every… — George Washington
• It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
• She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn… — Mazo de la Roche
• When you walk around braced for impact, you're dramatically decreasing your chances. Your chances to avoid the outcome you fear,… — Seth Godin
• A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits… — Winston Churchill
• I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to,… — A. E. Housman
• Sure as the most certain sure .... plumb in the uprights, well entreated, braced in the beams, Stout as a… — Walt Whitman
• I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for… — Christopher Hitchens
• I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through… — Sam Taylor-Wood
• Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for… — Walt Whitman
• I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when… — P.G. Wodehouse

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