Quote by Abraham Lincoln
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. – Abraham Lincoln

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