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Old Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say…
- It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.
- Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged…
- I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty…
- A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to…
- Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,…
- The very spot where grew the bread that formed my bones, I see. How strange, old field, on thee to tread, and feel I'm part…
- At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece…
- I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of…
- If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her…
- My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
- Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after…
- Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
- There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
- What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
- When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true…
- My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
More Old Quotes
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every… — Brooks Atkinson
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe