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.
THOMAS JEFFERSONExperience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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I cannot live without books.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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