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Tree Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may…
- Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
- Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
- Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.
- If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
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