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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
«Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I inquire after no man's and trouble none with mine; nor is it given to us in this life to know whether yours or mine, our friend's or our foe's, are exactly the»
«I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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doctrines, epicurean, Epicureans, Epicurus, Greek, impute, imputed, imputes, imputing, moral philosophy, roman
«A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.»
«A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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divinity, effectually, filial, filial duty, King Lear, Lear, lively, volumes
«(Academics) commit their pupils to the theatre of the world, with just taste enough of learning to be alienated from industrial pursuits, and not enough to do service in the ranks of science»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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Academics, alienate, industrial, Learning to, pursuits, ranks, theatre
«It is unfortunate for our peace, that unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal»
«What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fra»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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bondage, Death itself, famine, imprisonment, incomprehensible, inflict, one hour, striped, stripes, toil, vindication
«I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county, to consist of a few well-chosen books, to be lent to the people of the country under regulations as»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
circulate, circulated, circulates, circulating, circulating library, consist, counties, county, establishment, extensive, lending library, Lent, regulation, regulations, The Establishment, well-chosen