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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jeal

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. – Thomas Jefferson

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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. – Thomas Jefferson

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Citizenship
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Thomas Jefferson
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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Slavery
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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. – Akhenaton

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And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world. – Christo

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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. – James Hillman

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With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate. – Gustav Krupp

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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr

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