Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false… In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth. Abraham
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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.
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
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained. Abraham Lincoln
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he
I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.
I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. Abraham Lincoln
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I
Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have
I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.
I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. Abraham Lincoln