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Lived Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I have lived temperately....I double the doctor's recommendation of a glass and a half wine each day and even treble it with a friend.
- Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have…
- Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree,…
- That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish…
- SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have…
- I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? I do not know that it is. I…
- I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my…
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