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Famous quotes containing the words main and/or stand:

“Yours of the 24th, asking “the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law” is received. The mode is very simple, though laborious, and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully.... Work, work, work, is the main thing.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)