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.
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A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.Thomas Jefferson
Religions are all alike -- founded on fables and mythologies.
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On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.
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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
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Thomas Jeffersons Decalogue of Canons IX. Take things always by their smooth handle.
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