Quote #124

Perhaps a man's character is like a tree, and his reputation like its character: the shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.

More from Abraham Lincoln

  1. No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens.
  2. So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!
  3. No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
  4. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
  5. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
  6. The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
  7. Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
  8. The Lord prefers common-looking people: that is why he made so many of them.

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