Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. - Thomas Jeffe

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. – Thomas Jefferson

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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Well hath he been called one of the architects of civilization. – Newell Dwight Hillis

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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. – Calvin Coolidge

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He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. – David Lloyd George

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His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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