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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln

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Men often act knowingly against their interest. – David Hume

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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. – Robert E. Howard

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Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Men arent necessities. Theyre luxuries. – Cher

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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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My grandmas the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and shes doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot! – Jeff Foxworthy

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On Van Halen, I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But Id say that at the time of Fair Warning, I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most peoples minds Im just a gunslinger. – Eddie Van Halen

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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. – Anne Bronte

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