“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”
As quoted in FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings (1952) by Franklin Pierce Adams
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Testimony XXIV in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (1886) edited by Allen Thorndike Rice
Kontext: I saw Mr. Lincoln a number of times during the canvass for his second election. The characteristic which struck me most was his superabundance of common sense. His power of managing men, of deciding and avoiding difficult questions, surpassed that of any man I ever met. A keen insight of human nature had been cultivated by the trials and struggles of his early life. He knew the people and how to reach them better than any man of his time. I heard him tell a great many stories, many of which would not do exactly for the drawing-room; but for the person he wished to reach, and the object he desired to accomplish with the individual, the story did more than any argument could have done.
My Memories of Eighty Years (1922), p. 184
As quoted in "If Elected I Promise … " Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1969) by John F. Parker
“I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.”
As quoted in Four Talks for Bibliophiles (1958) by George Allen, p. 70
My Memories of Eighty Years (1922), p. 189
My Memories of Eighty Years (1922), p. 352
“There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.”
My Memories of Eighty Years (1922), p. 292
“A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.”
My Memories of Eighty Years (1922), p. 318
