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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
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If you love something, set it free.
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Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].
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We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
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There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.
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My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.
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Never let your correspondence fall behind.
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It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.
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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.
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My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.
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Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind.
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Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.
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Property is the fruit of labor property is desirable it is a positive good.
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My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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