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George Washington
 First president of US

| “ | Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. | ” |
| “ | Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. | ” |
| “ | Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True 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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| “ | Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. | ” |
| “ | Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. | ” |
| “ | It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing. | ” |
| “ | Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. | ” |
| “ | Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind! | ” |
| “ | It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791 | ” |

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