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Quotes by Thomas Jefferson in Knowledge category:
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"Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence ... too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment." 3.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom." 4.4400 average rating Rate this Quote
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it." 4.2857 average rating Rate this Quote
"Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he has known nothing but what has passed under his own eye." 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook." 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly." 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote







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