Thomas Jefferson

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."
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"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."
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"Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it."
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"I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office."
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"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."
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"The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory."
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"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
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"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."
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"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
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"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
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"One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more."
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"One man with courage is a majority."
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"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society."
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"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
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"We never repent of having eaten too little."
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"My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me."
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"There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world."
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"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."
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"He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors."
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"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
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