About Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809. A prolific writer and philosopher, Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. His political philosophy formed the basis...
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
Advertisements… contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
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He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
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Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.