Quote by Abraham Lincoln
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to per

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln

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Vices
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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. – Abraham Lincoln

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Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. – William Shakespeare

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Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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As a human being, the best eulogy I can reasonably hope for is “He made his promises sincerely and broke them regretfully.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. – William Lyon MacKenzie

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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – Jean Cocteau

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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. – Arnold Bennett

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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. – Joseph Addison

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Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense. – Author Unknown

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