I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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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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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...
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My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.
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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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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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What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]
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All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
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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...
