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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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. – Aesop

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

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Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression. – Samuel Johnson

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There are no gains without pains. – Benjamin Franklin

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Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn. – Tom Felton

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While Ive had a great distaste for whats usually called song in modern poetry or for whats usually called music, I really dont think of speech as so far from song. – David Antin

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