Jared Sparks quotes
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“When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.”
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“Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.”
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“If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory and durable prosperity of his country; who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle--this title will not be denied to Washington.”
-- Jared SparksSource : Jared Sparks (1855). “The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks”, p.371
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“Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete history of his country during the long period in which he was the most prominent actor.”
-- Jared SparksSource : Jared Sparks (1853). “The life of George Washington”, p.6
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“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.”
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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Source : Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.
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“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
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