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| George Washington - 1999 - 142 pages
...with a continuance of their letters. To Gouverneur Morris, Philadelphia, December 22, 1795 Courtesy Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those...be well tried before you give them your confidence. To Bushrod Washington, Newburgh, January 15, 1783 Cowardice A crime of all others the most infamous... | |
| Paul K. Longmore - 1999 - 356 pages
..."Liston's Journal," 515. 29. "Liston's Journal," 516. In 1783, GW advised his nephew Bushrod to "[b]e courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those...well tried before you give them your confidence": 15 January 1783, WW 26:39-40. 30. Morris to John Marshall, 26 June 1807, Anne C. Morris, ed., The Diary... | |
| PPP Inc. - 1999 - 72 pages
...together with me! good friend is like a favorite book — The inside is even better than the jacket! courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. GEORGE WASHINGTON riendship is still the most precious possession that a human being can share. . .... | |
| Martin H. Manser - 2001 - 524 pages
...have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend. Charles Haddon Spurgeon True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington Fruitfulness See also Maturity; Spiritual Growth God blessed them, and God said to... | |
| Ariel Books - 2001 - 380 pages
...friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Jle enru ^/laams о, 11 ri rue friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. i / т a irue len anas NIGERIAN PROVERB ,y best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it... | |
| Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 pages
...to Govern." To his nephew Bushrod Washington, later to become a Supreme Court justice, he wrote "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."31 In all his behavior, he reflected the classical ideal of honor. Love of glory, in a... | |
| Patrick Flaherty - 2002 - 116 pages
...writer and philosopher. —George Chapman 1559-1634 George Chapman was an English writer and poet. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. —George Washington 1732-1799 George Washington was the United States military leader during the American... | |
| Diane Mastromarino - 2002 - 86 pages
...chances are you will not wear it forever, though it may at some point make a good Halloween costume. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must...adversity before, it is entitled to the appellation. V George Washington Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if... | |
| Sabrina P. Ramet, Christine Ingebritsen - 2002 - 262 pages
...49-56. 44. Chirac insisted, above all, on the solidity of French ties, quoting Washington (in English): "True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation" to prove that the bonds between the two countries had passed the test with flying colors. See Jacques... | |
| M. Scott Peck - 2002 - 136 pages
...HALIFAX riendship is the marriage of the soul; and this marriage is subject to divorce. -Vo LT A i RE rue friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. — GEORGE WASHINGTON ou can win more friends with your ears than your mouth. *•— A NONYMOUS etween... | |
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