Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

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...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell...

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell...

Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an...

Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an...