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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Liberty
Thomas Jefferson

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The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery.
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
Health
Thomas Jefferson

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There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Aristocracy
Thomas Jefferson

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This is the fourth?
Famous Last Words
Thomas Jefferson

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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Liberty
Thomas Jefferson

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To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
Friends and Friendship
Thomas Jefferson

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Tranquility is the old man's milk.
Tranquility
Thomas Jefferson

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Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.
Travel and Tourism
Thomas Jefferson

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Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
Victory
Thomas Jefferson

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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
Exercise
Thomas Jefferson

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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
Strength
Thomas Jefferson

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We rarely repent of having eaten too little.
Regret
Thomas Jefferson

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We seldom report of having eaten too little.
Food and Eating
Thomas Jefferson

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Were we directed from Washington when to sow, & when to reap, we should soon want bread.
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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
Politicians and Politics
Thomas Jefferson

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When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
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When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
Anger
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun