Abraham Lincoln on Graduation
1809–1865 United States
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Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators.
With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
The little advance I now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.
Autobiographical Sketch Written for Jesse W. Fell (1859)
Some of you will be successful, and such will need but little philosophy to take them home in cheerful spirits; others will be disappointed, and will be in a less happy mood. To such, let it be said, “Lay it not too much to heart.” Let them adopt the maxim, “Better luck next time”; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.
Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (1859)