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Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865. He was a pivotal leader during the American Civil War, dedicated to preserving the unity of the nation and the abolition of slavery. Lincoln is renowned for his noble character and exceptional leadership. more

“I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until you burst from the pressure of them, or to have them sucked out of you, every paragraph, every sentence, every word of them, so at the end you're depleted of all that was once as precious to you as hoarded gold, as close to you as your skin - everything that was of the deepest importance to you, everything that made you cringe and wish to conceal, everything that belonged to you alone - and must spend the rest of your days like an empty sack flapping in the wind, an empty sack branded with a bright fluorescent label so that everyone will know what sort of secrets used to be inside you?”

Metaphor Secrets Simile Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin

Book:The Blind Assassin

Source: The Blind Assassin

“Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.”

Ignorance Drinking Alcohol Simile

Author:Jay Bylsma

“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”

Ai Artificial Intelligence Simile Computer Science

Author:Edsger W. Dijkstra

“I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.”

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