If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Abraham Lincoln
Born: 12-02-1809 – Died: 15-04-1865
Nationality: American
Known for: President, politician, lawyer
About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) led the United States through its most trying period as the 16th President during the Civil War. Rising from humble roots, he was instrumental in preserving the Union and, crucially, in advancing the cause of abolishing slavery. His powerful, often quoted words, delivered with eloquence and moral clarity, continue to define American ideals of liberty and unity.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.