“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Never buy a what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Never spend your money before you have it.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Take things always by their smooth handle.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“We never repent of having eaten too little.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.”
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