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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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The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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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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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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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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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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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I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations
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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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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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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
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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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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason, but referred to the decision of war, having been decided against us, it is the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, and of candor to recognize the fact.
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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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The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
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