We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform…

Abraham Lincoln
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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.444, Jazzybee Verlag
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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.444, Jazzybee Verlag

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