Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with th

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. – Thomas Jefferson

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. – Thomas Jefferson

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There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson

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I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. – Thomas Jefferson

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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. – Socrates

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Any good music must be an innovation. – Les Baxter

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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

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Its been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that theyve got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all. – Jane Campion

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