Book detail: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
Comprising letters and documents, the book offers insight into Jefferson's thoughts on various subjects, including politics, philosophy, and personal life.
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“Without society, and a society to our taste, men are never contented.”
“The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.”
“We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.”
“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
“It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.”
“Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.”
“Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy.”
“The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.”
“Where thought is free in its range, we need never fear to hazard what is good in itself.”
“By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.”
“Experience has proved to us that a dollar of silver disappears for every dollar of paper emitted.”
“If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”
“What i value more than all things, good humor.”