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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

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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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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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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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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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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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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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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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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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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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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 man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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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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