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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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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson

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I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. – Thomas Jefferson

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

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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. – Henry Ward Beecher

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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson

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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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