“"You thought, no doubt, I took my leave that Night, But ’tis not so; you ha’n’t come off so bright. It’s true, I said good By; But Notwithstanding, I only took my leave of Haddam Landing. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: Doubt, Reason, Leave, Farewell, goodbye
“"A Line or two can give no great Offense, ‘Tho’void every thing that looks like Sense: For if you’re not inclined, you need not read them, But have my leave to burn them, with all Freedom. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: Words, expression, Offense, hurt, Read
“"Good by is not enough, it needs more words than Two, When friends do bid a long Adieu"”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: goodbye, Farewell, bye, Words, Enough
“Shun all vice, especially card playing.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: Vice, Temptation, wrongdoing, shun, avoid
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: Regret, Sad, Life, Living, purpose
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: Cause, Satisfaction, Regret, Sadness, Remorse
“If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.comTagged: exigencies, Need, Demand, Want, country