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The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

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Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

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All I have learned, I learned from books.

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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

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I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every other friend on earth I shall at least have one fr...more

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I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep it up.

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It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by he...more

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I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end when I come to lay down the reins of Ewer I have lost every other frien...more

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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

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If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.

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What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the hea...more

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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the ...more