I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and t…

Abraham Lincoln
789 citations
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1989). Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45, p.88, Library of America
Love
25

More Author Quotes

I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1999). Lincoln on Lincoln, p.127, University Press of Kentucky
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded aw … ▶
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 by ambitious and designing men, but stand fast to the … ▶
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day. Never let your correspondence fall behind. Whatever piece o … ▶
The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes