Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Friends and enemies Friends Enemies

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Herndon's Informants

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by Mary Todd in Herndon's Informants. Interview with William H. Herndon. Sept. 1866.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by Mary Todd in an interview with William H. Herndon, Sept. 1866. Herndon's Informants, edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis. University of Illinois Press, 1998.

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There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic
Personal growth Nature of progress Progress

Author

Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

Current Citation

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Another quote about Friends

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The Godfather: Part II

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Topic
Friends and enemies Friends Enemies
Speaker
Michael Corleone
Actor
Al Pacino
Source
The Godfather: Part II
Medium
Film
Genre
Crime (film) Epic (film) Crime Epic
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

Another quote from 1865

England is the mother of parliaments.

John Bright

Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865

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Topic
England Government
Speaker
John Bright
Source
Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bright, John. Speech in Birmingham. 18 Jan. 1865, Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

Kurt Vonnegut

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Topic
Kindness How to behave
Speaker
Eliot Rosewater

Author

Kurt Vonnegut
Source
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965, ch. 7.