Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Honesty Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

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...

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...

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old...

The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old...

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!