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Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.
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 am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.
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In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.
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Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.
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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
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The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But the good in this instance vastly outweighs the evil.
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