Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

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;...

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 God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

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.

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...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

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,...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.