Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Mind Quotes

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

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

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

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

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...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...