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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pi

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. – Thomas Jefferson

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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. – Thomas Jefferson

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. – Thomas Jefferson

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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. – Kahlil Gibran

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer. – Bodenstedt

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