Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"
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"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"
Thomas Jefferson
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
Thomas Jefferson
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."
Thomas Jefferson
"Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it."
Thomas Jefferson
"I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office."
Thomas Jefferson
"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."
Thomas Jefferson
"The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory."
Thomas Jefferson
"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
Thomas Jefferson
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."
Thomas Jefferson
"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
Thomas Jefferson
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
Thomas Jefferson
"One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more."
Thomas Jefferson
"One man with courage is a majority."
Thomas Jefferson
"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society."
Thomas Jefferson
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
Thomas Jefferson
"We never repent of having eaten too little."
Thomas Jefferson
"There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world."
Thomas Jefferson
"My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me."
Thomas Jefferson
"He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors."
Thomas Jefferson
"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way."
Thomas Jefferson
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