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.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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