Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Lincoln was shot while watching "Our American Cousin" in the Ford theater.


And thus was born the apocryphal quote:

"But aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln... how'd you like the play?"

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Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."