Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln quotes
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. – Abraham Lincoln quotes
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
You can fool some of the people all of the time
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
When I get ready to talk to people
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma. ― Abraham Lincoln quotes