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It is said an eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words, 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses How chastening in the hour of pride How consoling in the depths of affliction

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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    يقال إن ملكًا شرقيًا كلف حكمائه ذات مرة بابتكار جملة ، لتكون دائمًا في الاعتبار ، والتي يجب أن تكون صحيحة ومناسبة في جميع الأوقات والمواقف. قدموا له الكلمات ، وهذا أيضا يزول. كم يعبر عن مدى التأديب في ساعة الكبرياء ، وكيف يعزي في أعماق البلاء.

    동방 군주는 한때 현명한 사람들에게 문장을 발명하고, 항상 볼 수 있도록, 모든 시간과 상황에서 진실하고 적절해야한다고 청구했습니다. 그들은 그에게 '그리고 이것도 사라질 것이다'라는 말을 그에게 제시했다. 얼마나 자부심의 시간에 징계가 고통의 깊이에서 위로를 받는가

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