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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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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Robert Edward Lee
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My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
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I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
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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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No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.
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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
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General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.
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