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A sprig of grass

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson

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The art of life

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. Thomas Jefferson

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Code of morality for a public, and for a private man

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man. Thomas Jefferson, 1809

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In matters of principle

In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. Thomas Jefferson

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Happiness is not being…

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. Thomas Jefferson

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Friendship is precious

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson

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