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My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned 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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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me.
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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.
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