The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to it animosity or two its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and it's interest.

George Washington
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  3. If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge. - Unknown

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  1. It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

  2. Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

  3. Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

  4. To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate...

  5. [death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return

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