"When arguing with a fool, make sure..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.
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“But, slavery is good for some people! ! ! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar, in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.”
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it."”
“Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.”
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“The longest way round is the shortest way home”
“It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. On, on, on for ever, without recreation may suit spirits emancipated from this 'heavy clay', but while we are in this tabernacle, we must every now and then cry halt, and serve the Lord by holy inaction and consecrated leisure. Let no tender conscience doubt the lawfulness of going out of harness for a while”
“Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.”