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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word in only one way.
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A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia]
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Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried.
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The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.
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I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
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I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless.
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