“This quote is often misattributed to Lincoln. The earliest instance that Quote Investigator could locate was in an 1897 memoir published by Laurence Hutton, who attributed the quote to William Makepeace Thackeray.”
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“This quote is often misattributed to Lincoln. The earliest instance that Quote Investigator could locate was in an 1897 memoir published by Laurence Hutton, who attributed the quote to William Makepeace Thackeray.”
Source: Wikiquote