- Abraham Lincoln
(02/12/1809 – 04/15/1865)
US President (12) (husband of Mary Todd Lincoln; see all US Presidents), on a general reporting from 'Headquarters in the Saddle'
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"Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow."
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"The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his
headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be."
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"Kissing don't last: cookery do!"
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"An American Monkey after getting drunk on Brandy
would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."
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"If you haven't got anything nice to say about
anybody, come sit next to me."
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"I am convinced that the best service a retired
general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to
mothball his opinions."
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"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think
we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."
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"I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the
theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she
does."
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"Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them."
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"I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star
questions by the time I reach menopause."
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