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Letter (1816-01-06) to Charles Yancey - Jefferson, Thomas | WIST Quotations
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with…
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“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” — Danny Kaye
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“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” — Sir Winston Churchill
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“Sometimes the most unnecessary parts are the most necessary parts.” — Caleb
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True liberty shows itself to best advantage in protecting the rights of others, and especially of minorities.
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On the other hand, even if we cannot see beauty in particular measured results, we can already claim to see a certain beauty in the equations which describe general physical laws. For example, in the wave equation (20.9), there’s something nice about the regularity of the appearance of the x,…
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
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All events whatsoever are governed by the secret counsel of God. — John Calvin
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. — Leo Tolstoy
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