Quote by Abraham Lincoln
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has a

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. – Abraham Lincoln

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. – Abraham Lincoln

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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours. – John F. Kennedy

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the civil service examination. – Ronald Reagan

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves. – James A. Garfield

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Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. – Soren Kierkegaard

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The law has no power over heroes. – Charlotte Lennox

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