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Pursuits Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- 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…
- Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond…
- Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,…
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of…
- 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…
- The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
- 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…
- A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the…
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- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the… — Martin Van Buren
- Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B… — Graydon Carter
- Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. — Thomas Aquinas
- Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits. — William James
- If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting… — Henry David Thoreau
- Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in… — Thomas Jefferson
- Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. — William James
- What did you do as a child that made that hours pass like minutes? [Herein lies the key to your earthy pursuits.] — Carl Jung
- I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm… — Padma Lakshmi
- One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift… — Nathanael Emmons
- All knowledge is good. It is impossible to say any fragment of knowledge, however insignificant or remote from one's ordinary pursuits, may… — Thomas Huxley