Quote by George Washington
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. – George Washington

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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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Friendship
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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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Friendship
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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington

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Im not a romantic. In life I didnt have much experience with romance. – Ang Lee

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I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you cant recreate. – Daniel Craig

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Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. – Tony Robbins

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When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and its so easy to lose yourself for a second. – Jennifer Lopez

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If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. – Lord Sandwich

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