Abraham Lincoln reportedly said that, given eight hours to chop down a tree, he'd spend six sharpening his axe.
-- TidBITS 654, quoted by Derek K. Miller, via Art Evans
-- TidBITS 654, quoted by Derek K. Miller, via Art Evans
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- If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my
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Abraham... - Abraham Lincoln always said you can't fool all the people all of the time
But Abraham Lincoln was fooling when he said that.... - My father used to tell me, "When Abraham Lincoln was your age
Abraham Lincoln had a job. When Abraham Lincoln was... - He's the biggest lier in Washington," said Lincoln
referring to a then well-known lawyer. "Reminds me... - Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,
Four spend in prayer
the rest on Nature fix. -- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634)... - George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree
but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why... - Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent
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