The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Talent Quotes, Words Quotes

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American...

The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American...

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats....

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats....