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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. - Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

Truth, Chapter, Honesty

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

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

Rock, Brainy, Current

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson

Patriotism, Refreshed

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson

History, Better, Like

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

Act, Motivational, Will

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. - Thomas Jefferson

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Thomas Jefferson

Fitness, Very, Walking

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson

Always, Happiness, Which

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. - Thomas Jefferson

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. Thomas Jefferson

Inspirational, Warm, Thought

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Thomas Jefferson

Equality, Rightful, Our

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson

Government, Good, Life

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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson

Attitude, Goal, Nothing

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. - Thomas Jefferson

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson

Anger, Very, Hundred

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson

Freedom, Creator, Created

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. - Thomas Jefferson

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Thomas Jefferson

Bad, General, Government

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. - Thomas Jefferson

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson

Safe, Read, Able

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson

Never, Friendship, Politics

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. - Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. Thomas Jefferson

Happiness, Wealth, Nor

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

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

Motto, Alliance, All Nations

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. Thomas Jefferson

Preservation, Inform, Sure

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. Thomas Jefferson

Fitness, Which, Necessary

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. Thomas Jefferson

Prefer, Decide, Newspapers

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. - Thomas Jefferson

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson

Better, Educated, Nothing

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. - Thomas Jefferson

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson

Calm, Prefer, Liberty

He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson

He who knows best knows how little he knows. Thomas Jefferson

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson

Frugal, Regulate, Another

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Power, Tyranny, Best

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