Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.

Quote by Robert E Lee

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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

This war is not about slavery.

This war is not about slavery.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism...

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism...

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know...

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know...

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence,...

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence,...

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light...

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light...

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.