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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea
of any man I know. |
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a
strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. |
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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some
of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all
the people all the time. |
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed
is more important than any other one thing. |
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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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I do the very best I know how – the very best I can;
and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. |
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I am not concerned that you have fallen – I am concerned
that you arise. |
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I will prepare, and some day my chance will come. |
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Things may come to those who wait, but only those things
left by those who hurry. |
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Character is like a tree and reputation is like its
shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is
the real thing. |
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more
concerned to know what his grandson will be. |
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought
not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe
to be just. |
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens,
you can never regain their respect and esteem. |
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I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than
he was yesterday. |
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. |
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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of
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Collection Of Abraham Lincoln Quotes