I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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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’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.
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Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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