When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind…

Abraham Lincoln
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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 maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, p.273, Wildside Press LLC
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