"Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes."

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Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”, p.60, Enhanced Media Publishing

Elizabeth Keckley

#Selfish Quotes #War Quotes #Heart Quotes

“The fault is in the system and not in the men.”
“Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise.”
“Change is inevitable in music - things change.”
“Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.”

Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins
“Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.”
“No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.”
“You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.”
“It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.”

Source : James Smithson, John Robin McDaniel Irby (1879). “The Scientific Writings of James Smithson”

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