Quotes by Washington, George

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withst >>

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and >>

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well >>

Quotations about Retirement

I feel nothing but the accursed happiness I have dreaded all my life l >>

Retirement is the ugliest word in the language. >>

When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. >>

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

Washington, George