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    “How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
    ― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
    tags: misattributed-to-a-a-milne
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    “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
    ― Carter Crocker
    tags: misattributed-a-a-milne
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.”
    ― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    George R.R. Martin
    “You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    “The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!”
    ― Edward J. Stieglitz
    tags: inspirational
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: abe, enemies, enemy, friend, friends, friendship, life, lincoln
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: books, originality, unique
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: attributed-no-source, books
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    Robert G. Ingersoll
    “If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
    ― Robert Ingersoll
    tags: adversity, character, power
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: abraham-lincoln, religion
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational, philosophical, politics, religion, religious
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
    ― Abraham Lincoln, Complete Works - Volume XII
    tags: freedom, liberty, slavery
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: mothers
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: belief
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: appearances, character, simile, substance
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: incrementalism
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: abraham-lincoln, life, politics, religion, science
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    Alphonse Karr
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
    ― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden
    tags: complaints, glass-half-full, gratitude, misattributed-abraham-lincoln, optimism, perspective, pessimism, positive-thinking, roses, thorns
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: faith, humility, prayer, surrender
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: secrecy
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: clemency, forgiveness, justice, legal-system, mandatory-sentences, mercy
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: animal-rights
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    Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    “To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”
    ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    tags: acquiescence, activism, free-speech, justice, principles, protest
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: benevolence, charity, public-service, volunteerism
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: friendship
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: cats, humor
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  • #30
    Abraham Lincoln
    “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: planning, preparation
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