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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. - Thomas

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. – Thomas Jefferson

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Imagination
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Thomas Jefferson
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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

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Peace
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There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Ridicule

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott

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Ridicule

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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Ridicule

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. – Thomas Szasz

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Ridicule

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