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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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. – Abraham Lincoln

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. – Abraham Lincoln

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A promise is a comfort for a fool. – Proverb

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Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. – Thomas Fuller

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Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. – Benjamin Franklin

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All promise outruns performance. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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