I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNCharacter is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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A tendancy to melancholy – let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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