George Washington
George Washington
George Washingtonwas the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth22 February 1732
CountryUnited States of America
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I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests.
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The consciousness of having attempted faithfully to discharge my duty, and the approbation of my Country will be a sufficient recompense for my Services
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In the second half, we were down and we couldn't get back up.
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The first cat we auditioned was totally black. It made me a little nervous. I was glad to see that Mr. Ed had a little white spot on his chest.
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A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.
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You will therefore send me none but Natives, and Men of some property, if you have them
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Among individuals, the most certain way to make a Man your Enemy, is to tell him you esteem him such; so with public bodies
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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.
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Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.
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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803.
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And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.
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Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.
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Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow.