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Every student must be a gentleman.

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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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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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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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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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
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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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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 would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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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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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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Traveler is my only companion I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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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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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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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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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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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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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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