Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
Thomas JeffersonTags: life liberty courage despotism timid
In matters of principal stand like a rock.
Thomas JeffersonAll should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas JeffersonIt is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterward.
Thomas JeffersonNo occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden...But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.
Thomas JeffersonI hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government.
Thomas JeffersonTags: politics change revolution government rebellion
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
Thomas JeffersonTags: lying dishonesty
Delay is preferable to error.
Thomas JeffersonEvery day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
Thomas JeffersonThe art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
Thomas JeffersonTags: life
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