Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Littles Quotes

Gen. Schurz thinks I was a little cross in my late note to you. If I was, I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep it up.

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A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

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It doesn't mater if you're a slow walker, so long as you don't walk backwards.

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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.

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To read in the Bible, as the word of God himself, that "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, ["] and to preach there-from that, "In the sweat of other mans faces shalt thou eat bread," to my mind can scarcely be reconciled with honest sincerity.

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If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.

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As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.

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I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

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If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.

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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

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I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and if he had ever made another class that he intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands.

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Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.

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But, slavery is good for some people! ! ! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar, in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.

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It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.

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When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.

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When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

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Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.

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Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

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I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.

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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

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