Life quotes by Thomas Jefferson

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"The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life."
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
"It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
"Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life."
"Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he has known nothing but what has passed under his own eye."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments ar"
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"... the giver of life, who gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness."