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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
– Abraham Lincoln

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  8. Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me the closet to divinity. – Casey Carter
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  11. My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. – Abraham Lincoln
  12. If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world. – Abraham Lincoln
  13. Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend? – Abraham Lincoln
  14. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves – Abraham Lincoln
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  23. To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all – but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing. – Abraham Lincoln
  24. I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep it up. – Abraham Lincoln
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