Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNTo ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
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All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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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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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
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