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You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.
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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Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.
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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.
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I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.
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You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
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That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.
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Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.
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I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were felt by the whole human race, there would not be one cheerful face left on earth.
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