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- Thomas Jefferson: American statesman
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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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A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
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Back water rising, coming in my windows and doors I leave with a prayer in my heart: back water won't rise no more
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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
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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?
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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
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When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
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Woman rocks the cradle and I declare she rules her home Many man rocks some other man's baby and the fool thinks he's rocking his own.
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A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
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A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.
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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
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