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Abraham Lincoln: If I had...

Abraham Lincoln: If I had...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Its [Communism's] unfortunate...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Its [Communism's] unfortunate...

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human...

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Abraham Lincoln: Slavery is founded...

Abraham Lincoln: Slavery is founded...

Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it on his love of...

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Abraham Lincoln: I like to...

Abraham Lincoln: I like to...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of...

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Abraham Lincoln: The Lord prefers...

Abraham Lincoln: The Lord prefers...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.

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Abraham Lincoln: If you would...

Abraham Lincoln: If you would...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey...

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Abraham Lincoln: Stand with anybody...

Abraham Lincoln: Stand with anybody...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes...

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Abraham Lincoln: It is difficult...

Abraham Lincoln: It is difficult...

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who...

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Abraham Lincoln: Human action can...

Abraham Lincoln: Human action can...

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.

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Abraham Lincoln: Let not him...

Abraham Lincoln: Let not him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself,...

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Abraham Lincoln: Important principles may...

Abraham Lincoln: Important principles may...

Important principles may and must be flexible.

Source: Speech, 4/11/1865 from his...

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Aeschylus: Who, except the...

Aeschylus: Who, except the...

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Source:...

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Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference . . . and finds them...

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Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most...

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William Wordsworth: Wisdom is ofttimes...

William Wordsworth: Wisdom is ofttimes...

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.


Source: 'The...

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William Wordsworth: Tax not the...

William Wordsworth: Tax not the...

Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense.

Source: Ecclesiastical Sonnets, III....

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William Wordsworth: The cottage which...

William Wordsworth: The cottage which...

The cottage which was named the Evening Star
Is gone.


Source: Michael, 476
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William Wordsworth: Surprised by joy...

William Wordsworth: Surprised by joy...

Surprised by joy - impatient as the wind
I turned to share the transport.


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William Wordsworth: Me this unchartered...

William Wordsworth: Me this unchartered...

Me this unchartered freedom tires;
I feel the weight of chance-desires:
My hopes no more must change their...

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William Wordsworth: Fears and fancies...

William Wordsworth: Fears and fancies...

Fears and fancies thick upon me came.

Source: Resolution and Independence, 4
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