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House Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food…
- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as…
- I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield,…
- And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which…
- I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my bed and wandered…
- Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the…
- A house divided against itself cannot stand.
- Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example…
- A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union…
- Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is my companion on…
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- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen? — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has… — Diane Ackerman
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects… — Gaston Bachelard