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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

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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

Wisdom, Truth, Honesty

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

Life, Happiness, Freedom

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, Dreams, Future

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, Man, Goal

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

Style, Brainy, Stand

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

Motivational, Action, Know

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

Time, Patriotism, Tree

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

Life, Happiness, Good

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. - Thomas Jefferson

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson

Nature, Me, Grass

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson

Government, People, Rest

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

Friendship, Religion

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, Law, Action

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

Learning, Fitness, Health

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. - Thomas Jefferson

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. Thomas Jefferson

Good, Mind, Believe

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

Life, Happiness, Health

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, Best, Walking

Never spend your money before you have earned it. - Thomas Jefferson

Never spend your money before you have earned it. Thomas Jefferson

Money, You, Never

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

Time, Best, Experience

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson

Education, Government, Own

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, Commerce, Alliance

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Thomas Jefferson

Mind, Law, Oppression

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, Angry, Speak

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

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. - Thomas Jefferson

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson

Freedom, Sea, Liberty

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. - Thomas Jefferson

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Thomas Jefferson

Money, Morality, Principle

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson

Free, Ignorant, Civilization

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