"Never wrestle with a pig" (Lincoln??)

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"Lincoln" seems way off. Creighton Abrams Jr. (1914-1974)? Any  help?
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_http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/06/07/7davidson_ed
it.html_ 
(http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/06/07/7davidson_edit.html) 
 
He was a class act with a quick — albeit deadpan — sense of humor. A sign  
paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln that decorated his office wall offered a humorous  
insight into the Davidson's style.  
"Never wrestle with a pig," the sign advised. "You get dirty and the pig  
likes it."  
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19 November 1968, Dallas Morning News, section A, pg. 1: 
Commissioner Frank Crowley said he made an attempt to stay out of the  
controversy Monday. "Never wrestle with a greased pig," he explained. "You can't  
win and in the second place, the pig enjoys it." 
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(GOOGLE BOOKS) 
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_The Military Quotation Book: More Than 1,200 of the Best  Quotations about 
War, Leadership ... - Page 95_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=zNdFW5LIBzgC&pg=PA95&dq="never+wrestle+with"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=rsmtXIlsLel_JHwV6dMJSMgQwRE) 
by James Charlton - 2002 - 182  pages 
Pg. 95: 
Never wrestle with pigs--you get dirty and they enjoy it. 
CREIGHTON ABRAMS 
_The American Treasury, 1455-1955, Selected, Arranged - Page  696_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=6FQXAAAAIAAJ&q="wrestle+with+a+pig"&dq="wrestle+with+a+
pig"&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Clifton  Fadiman - 1955
Cyrus Chino I learned long ago never to  wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, 
and 
besides the pig likes  it. 
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_Illustrations Unlimited - Page 488_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=5qK67OYyW-AC&pg=PA488&dq="wrestle+with+a+pig"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=pa4ZIptBwwENZuKEnA2Zn
6NMIsc) 
by James S. Hewett -  1988
14, UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Never wrestle with a pig. You  will both get all 
dirty... 
and the pig likes it. 
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_Never Wrestle with a Pig: And  Ninety Other Ideas to Build Your Business and 
Career_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=H4oLAAAACAAJ&dq="wrestle+with+a+pig"&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
by Mark H. McCormack - 2002 -  304 pages



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