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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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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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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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According Goodness Human Imperfection Love Perfection
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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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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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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