Quote by Thomas Jefferson
It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation w

It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. – Thomas Jefferson

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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. – Bertolt Brecht

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More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. – Thomas Traherne

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Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis

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You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you’ll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. – Lavetta Sue Wegman

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If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and drug rehabilitation, in an atmosphere of compassion not punishment, the reduction in drug usage and in the harm done to users could be dramatic. – Milton Friedman

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That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. – Horace

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I know what its like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time. – Mitt Romney

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When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am – the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. Its almost like I leave my body and get to watch. – Michelle Branch

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