I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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