"No eulogy is due to him who..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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“Love all men, even your enemies; love them, not because they are your brothers, but that they may become your brothers. Thus you will ever burn with fraternal love, both for him who is already your brother and for your enemy, that he may by loving become your brother.”
“Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.”
“Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.”
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“Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.”
“To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny”
“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the happy hour when the establishment of American Liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations shall enable us to return to our Private Stations in the bosom of a free, peacefully and happy Country.”
More on Excellence
“To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first-rate.”
“To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.”
“There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.”