Abraham Lincoln said "It is an old and a true maxim "that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall." So with men." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 22, 1842

It is an old and a true maxim "that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall." So with men.

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Republican · Illinois

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In an address on temperance, Lincoln uses a common maxim to illustrate the effectiveness of kindness over bitterness in influencing people.

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