Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far read more
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.
Power is not alluring to pure minds
Power is not alluring to pure minds
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
