I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

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,...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

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...

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.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

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

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

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...

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...

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

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...

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

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...