Tag: Robert E. Lee
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We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
Robert E. Lee
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.
Robert E. Lee
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Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
Robert E. Lee
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If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man’s face and another behind his back.
Robert E. Lee
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
Robert E. Lee
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You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.
Robert E. Lee
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
Robert E. Lee
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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
Robert E. Lee
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The doctrines & miracles of our Saviour have required nearly two thousand years to convert but a small part of the human race, & even among Christian nations, what gross errors still exist!
Robert E. Lee