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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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What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.
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Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
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What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.
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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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Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
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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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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
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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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There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.
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There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
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We must forgive our enemies.
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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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