Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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