Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI 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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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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I cannot live without books.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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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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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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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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