“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”
More from Thomas Jefferson
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“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”
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“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
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“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”
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“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
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“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”