Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he has known nothing but what has passed under his own eye.
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Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he has known nothing but what has passed under his own eye.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Thomas Jefferson
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
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Never enter into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
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No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will.
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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it…To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
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No more good must be attempted than the people can bear.
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