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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.

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Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Lincoln's Own Stories

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

speech in Washington D.C., 1865

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