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Quote by Washington Irving
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving

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The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Washington Irving

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. – Washington Irving

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War
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Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. – Sir Winston Churchill

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I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want. – Nelson Boswell

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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose. – Leo Buscaglia

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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. – Lord Chesterfield

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion. – Oriana Fallaci

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