Quote by George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. - George Wash

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. – George Washington

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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington

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

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Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous. – Proverb

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If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. – William Shakespeare

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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it. – E. W. Howe

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I know that Im never as good or bad as any single performance. Ive never believed my critics or my worshippers, and Ive always been able to leave the game at the arena. – Charles Barkley

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