Abraham Lincoln
United States
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
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He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years
After a man reaches forty, he is responsible for his face
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves
What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives and to so live that the place he lives is proud of him
Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed
To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government
I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays