I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
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