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Abraham Lincoln – character

Mind Quote / Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States / 1809 – 1865 / Photographer – Bianca Zenari / Tree Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia / LoadingBookmark / Print /
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.

The shadow is what we think of it,

the tree is the real thing.

– Abraham Lincoln

 

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