"I have never studied the art of..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ‘all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.”
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.”
“Knavery and flattery are blood relations.”
More on Women
“I have mentally become a woman in order to steal into her heart.”
“Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the heights; as something more delicate, more fragile, more savage, stranger, sweeter, soulful--but as something which has to be caged up so that it shall not fly away.”
“If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.”
More on Praise
“I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.”
“O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.”
“The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible”