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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
"Delay is preferable to error"
"The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead"
"Experience 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"
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money"
"Honesty is the best policy"
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time"
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost"
"I cannot live without books"
"If you want something you've never had you must be willing to do something you've never done"
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do"
"In matters of style swim with the current; in matters of principle stand like a rock"
"When angry count to ten before you speak If very angry count to one hundred"
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error."
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."
"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
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