num_pages: 90
description: From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory"; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
language: English
title: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations
titlecomplete: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations
genres: Civil War, Politics, Philosophy, Biography, Reference, American History, Nonfiction, Presidents, History, Humor
ratings_count: 891
publisher: Dover Publications