Today Quotes
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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.Robert E. Lee
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.Anatole France
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.Amos Bronson Alcott, Table Talk
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.G. H. Lewes, Physiology of Common Life
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.Charles Dickens, Bleak House
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.John Andrew Holmes
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.Thomas Jefferson, Writings
What more felicity can fall to creature,
Than to enjoy delight with liberty.Spenser, Fate of the Butterfly
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.George Washington, First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789