Quote by George Washington
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and wi

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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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. – George Washington

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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God. – George Washington

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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. – George Washington

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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. – John Evelyn

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The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. – Hector Hugh Munro

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Power is dangerous unless you have humility. – Richard J. Daley

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To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. – Alvin Toffler

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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. – Plautus

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God does not play dice. – Albert Einstein

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