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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

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I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.

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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

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Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

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Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of lif...more