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The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy.

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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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[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.
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My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on the purest of all moral systems, for the purpose of deriving from it pence and power, revolts those who think for themselves, and who read in that system only what is really there.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
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For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.
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An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.
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When tempted to do any thing in secret, ask yourself if you would do it in public.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid and I find myself much the happier.
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