Abraham Lincoln: ... none seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing , but from the abuse of a very good thing .

... none seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing , but from — Abraham Lincoln

... none seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing , but from the abuse of a very good thing .

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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. — Abraham Lincoln
In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige you — Abraham Lincoln
Has it not got down as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the — Abraham Lincoln
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? — Abraham Lincoln
Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endu — Marcus Aurelius
In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved throu — Niccolò Machiavelli
If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the eff — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. — Miguel de Cervantes
I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death. — Walt Whitman
Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The hutzpah of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that — Ephrem the Syrian
Aut potentior te aut inbecillior laesit: si inbecillior, parce illi, si potentio — Seneca