However, It Has Long Been Said That

Your Quarrel Is With God. I Merely Wish To Offer Him The Opportunity To Judge You.

Abraham Lincoln Comes From Nothing, Has No Education, No Money, Lives In The Middle Of Nowhere On The Frontier. And Despite The Fact That He Suffers One Tragedy And One Setback After Another, Through Sheer Force Of Will, He Becomes Something Extraordinary: Not Only The President But The Person Who Almost Single-handedly United The Country.

But If You Read Jane Austen, You Know That She Had A Wicked Sense Of Humor. Not Only Was She Funny, But Her Early Writing Was Very Dark And Had A Gothic Tone To It.

My Men Have Suffered Greatly (from Boredom), Much Blood Has Been Shed (by Mosquitoes), And I Have Swung My Ax Mightily (chopping Firewood). Surely We Have Earned Our Place In The Annals Of History—for Never Has There Been So Little War In A War.

Your Mother Will Never See You Again If You Do Not Marry Mr. Collins, And I Will Never See You Again If You Do; For I Shall Not Have My Best Warrior Resigned To The Service Of A Man Who Is Fatter Than Buddha And Duller Than The Edge Of A Learning Sword.