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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.
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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
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I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
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Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.
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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes.
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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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