18th Century Love

December 2010

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” — Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)

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#robert burns #18th century #Auld Lang Syne

18th Century History: Auld Lang Syne → 18thcenturyhistory.com

18thcentury:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And surely ye’ll be your pint stowp!
And surely…

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#george washington #marquis de Lafayette #mount vernon #Founding Father #18th century

Quotes About The Presidents:

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“He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes, and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.” — Benjamin Franklin on John Adams, 1783

“Whether he is spiteful, playful, witty, kind, cold, drunk, sober, angry, easy, stiff, jealous, cautious, confident, close, open, it is always in the wrong place or to the wrong person.” — James McHenry on John Adams; McHenry was Adams’s Secretary of War

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Dec 29, 2010

#madame du barry #francois hubert drouais

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Dec 29, 2010

#pompeo batoni

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#18th century #French Revolution #tennis court oath #Jacques-Louis David

Dec 28, 2010

#Giacomo Casanova #chevalier de seingalt #18th century

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Dec 28, 2010

#nathan hale, #American Revolution #george washington #Founding Father #18th century