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Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
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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At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece in each hand and, lo and behold, you will be on a balanced diet! Happy birthday, old chum!
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The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.
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I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side.
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Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation.
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