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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#best friend #book #books #friend #get

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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