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• When I 'm not thank'd at all, I 'm thank'd enough; I 've done my duty, and I 've done no more.
  -- Henry Fielding (1707-1754) -- Tom Thumb the Great, Act i, Sc. 3...
• My only books Were woman's looks,-- And folly 's all they 've taught me.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Time I 've lost in wooing...
• Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
  -- George Washington Carve...
• Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd
  The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd....
• George Washington, father of our country. George Washington, when he was just a child, just a boy, honesty was his trademark.
  The classic story we all remember was when George Washington's father came up to George and said, "George Washington--father of our country--my son--I want to ask you a question....
• T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.
  -- George Crabbe (1754-1832) -- Tale xxi, The Learned Boy...
• In my hot youth, when George the Third was king.
  -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Don Juan, Canto i, Stanza 212...
• But 't was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.
  -- George Crabbe (1754-1832) -- Tale xv, The Squire and the Prie...