Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

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,...

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Health is the requisite after morality

Health is the requisite after morality

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

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 know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

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.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.