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Quote by George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be w

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington

Other quotes by George Washington

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. – George Washington

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Jealousy
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George Washington
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. – George Washington

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good
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington

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Freedom
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To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me its a thrill to start a friendship even up. – Christopher Knight

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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Friendship

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Cu

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Friendship

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. – Rod McKuen, Looking for a Friend (Thank you, Carolyn)

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Friendship

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He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It?

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Before man is life and death, good and evil; that which he shall choose shall be given him. Ecclesiasticus – Bible

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Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him. – Louis Kossuth

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The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. – Joseph Addison

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