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21 " The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman. The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the men in a plain light. The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled when he cannot help humbling others. "
― Robert E. Lee
22 " My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or the present aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope. "
23 " There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle. "
24 " Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state "
― Robert E. Lee , The Wit and Wisdom of Robert E. Lee
25 " Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it so. All is happy if you will make it so. Do not dream. It is too ideal, too imaginary. Dreaming by day, I mean. Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage. "
26 " We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted. "
― Robert E. Lee , The Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (Civil War Library)
27 " It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it. "
28 " I can not trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. "
29 " The education of a man ( or woman ) is never completed until he dies. "
30 " It is good that war is so terrible, or we should become too fond of it. "
31 " It is good that war is terrible. Or else we would become too fond of it. "
32 " The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited. "
33 " Remember me to Rob. I jear of a great many weddings, but his has not been announced yet. He must not forget his house... Mildred says a good house is an effective card in the matrimonial game. She is building a castle in the air. "
