What did George Washington mean by: When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered. George Washington General · Virginia Copy
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Morality, Religion, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Behavior, Communication, Perception, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Duty, Honor, Patriotism, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Inconvenience, Taxes, Unpleasantness, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
+ It is better to be alone than in bad company. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, George Washington, Friendship, Isolation, Judgment, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Deception, Honesty, Imagination, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Corruption, Greed, Power, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Washington, Proportion, Utility, Variety, 0 George Washington General · Virginia
The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake. Jennie Bond
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France