Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States.

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13 quotations — 2 Funny, 11 Serious.

  1. In a newspaper, advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on.
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  2. When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
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  4. Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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  5. Delay is preferable to error.
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  6. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine — as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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  7. I never consider a difference of opinion, in politics, religion, or philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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  8. In matters of style, swim with the current.
    In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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  9. It is better to set a good example than to follow a bad one.
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  10. Never put off untill tomorrow what you can do today.
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  11. Never spend your money before you have earned it.
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  12. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
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  13. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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  14. There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.
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