Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe
Education, Government, Philosophy Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe
Be with a leader when he is right
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it- I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday- Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true