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

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

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

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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt

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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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I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. – George Farquhar

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