Thomas Jefferson Life Quotes

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What did Thomas Jefferson say about Life?

Thomas Jefferson has written many quotes about Life. E.g.,

  • Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
  • But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
  • The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

What are the top most famous Life quotes by Thomas Jefferson?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Life by Thomas Jefferson.

  • Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
  • But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
  • The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
  • The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
  • 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.
  • Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.