The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

Quote by George Washington

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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand...

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand...

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason...

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...