Abraham Lincoln vs. Mark Twain
Read 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Mark Twain. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Mark Twain. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: time, books, life. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, entry #169: "They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
Attributed to Mark Twain, entry #144: "Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington", The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), ed. John Paul"
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Abraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
"They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
#Politics"I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the cou…"
#Epistemology"A stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)"
#Politics"Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest a…"
#Politics"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed…"
#Metaphysics"They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to in…"
#Politics"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
#Politics"I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough t…"
#Epistemology"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
#Politics"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called up…"
#Politics"The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There a…"
#truth"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"I do not forget the gravity which should characterize a paper addressed to the Congress of the nation by the Chief Magistrate of the nation, nor do I forget …"
#writing"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
#time"To us it appears natural to think that slaves are human beings; men, not property; that some of the things, at least, stated about men in the Declaration of …"
#freedom"In telling this tale I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. N…"
#justice"Poetry written by Abraham Lincoln"
#books"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
#books"You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional — I think differently. I think the constitut…"
#justice"When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, or that grievances may not arise for…"
#lifeMark Twain
1835 – 1910
Mark Twain (1835) was an American writer and humorist, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
"Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington", The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), ed. John Paul"
#Aesthetics"I have seen Chinamen abused and maltreated in all the mean, cowardly ways possible to the invention of a degraded nature, but I never saw a policeman interfe…"
#Ethics"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
#death"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough."
#Aesthetics"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
#books"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."
#Aesthetics"After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her."
#love"When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain."
#love"Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience"
#Human Nature"Ah, it was worth ten years of a man’s life to be dead then! Everything was pleasant. I was in a good neighbourhood, for all the dead people that lived near m…"
#Ethics"I'll risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county."
#Aesthetics"He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
#Aesthetics"He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty."
#Aesthetics"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
#life"Nearly all black and brown skins are beautiful, but a beautiful white skin is rare."
#beauty"From the time a woman is seven years old till she dies of old age, she is ready for action, and competent. As competent as the candlestick to receive the can…"
#time"None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favor at the same time. There are many asses."
#time"The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal."
"It [the press] has scoffed at religion till it has made scoffing popular. It has defended official criminals, on party pretexts, until it has created a Unite…"
#Philosophy"I wish Europe would let Russia annihilate Turkey a little--not much, but enough to make it difficult to find the place again without a divining-rod or a divi…"
#humor