"Love is a mighty pretty thing; but like all other delicious things, it is cloying; and when the first transports of the passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield—oftentimes too ..."
George Washington to Elizabeth Parke Custis | Sunday, September 14, 1794
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Washington's last words, as recorded by Tobias Lear | Saturday, December 14, 1799
More"I will not give up the hope of seeing you at Mount Vernon, before I quit the stage of human action—the idea woud be too painful—I must indulge a contrary one."
From George Washington to Chastellux | Friday, August 20, 1784
More"...happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a persons own mind—than on the externals in the world"
From George Washington to Mary Ball Washington | Thursday, February 15, 1787
More"in short the Ministry may rely on it that Americans will never be tax?d without their own consent that the cause of Boston the despotick Measures in respect to it I mean now is and ever will be consid..."
From George Washington to George William Fairfax | Friday, June 10, 1774
More"?without Virtue and without integrity the finest talents of the most brilliant accomplishments can never fain the respect or conciliate the esteem of the truly valuable art of mankind."
Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge | Wednesday, March 08, 1797
More"While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to him..."
Letter to Benedict Arnold | Thursday, September 14, 1775
More"Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title."
Address to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment | Thursday, January 08, 1756
More"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."
Letter to James Welch | Sunday, April 07, 1799
More"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
Letter to James Madison | Sunday, March 02, 1788
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