“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 17
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“A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.”
“No man knocks himself down; if his destiny knocks him down, his destiny must pick him up again.”
“The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.”
“I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.”
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
“If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”
“There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.”
“Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth.”
“I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”
“Passion has helped us; but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy.”
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world.”
“The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.”
“Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.”
“Money can always and everywhere be spent, and, moreover, forbidden fruit is sweetest of all.”