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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
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If a man will stand up and assert, and repeat and re-assert, that two and two do not make four, I know nothing in the power of argument that can stop him.
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I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.
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Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
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A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
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The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.
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My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age and he grew up, literally without education.
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I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and if he had ever made another class that he intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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We hope all danger may be overcome but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.
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It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.
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We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.
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I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
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A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
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I can't spare this man, he fights!
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