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While old men feel sensibly enough their own advance in years, they do not sufficiently recollect it in those whom they have seenyoung.

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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 tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
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I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company.
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Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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The first object of human association [is] the full improvement of their condition.
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