Quote by Robert Hall
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of p

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

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War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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