I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONEvery day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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