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I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

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With the catching ends the pleasures of the chase.

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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 seem...more

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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that su...more

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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enoug...more

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

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A house divided cannot stand.

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in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

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The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, ...more

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

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I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all times wrong, s...more