Wit and Wisdom.

Sharing quotes, verses and poems that I've written down in various notebooks and scraps of paper throughout the years. Sources range from Jay-Z to F. Scott Fitgerald, Teddy Roosevelt to Tina Brown. Most have made me reflect, others have made me laugh, think, and shed an occasional tear. I hope they serve the same purposes for others. As for the name of the blog, anyone that knows me well, knows I love Honest Abe Lincoln.

"A liking for words - for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot. I caught myself using a good many words the meaning of which I could not define precisely. I admired these words, but was afraid to use them for fear of being absurd." - Sir Winston Churchill from The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory by William Manchester

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“We shall not fail or falter.

We shall not weaken or tire.

Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-driven trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down.

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”

- Churchill on BBC radio broadcast in response to FDR note in which he shared Longfellow “O’ Ship of State” as seen at Churchill: Power of Words exhibit at Piermont Morgan Library

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