Quotes by Jefferson, Thomas

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. >>

What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty >>

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their >>

This book fills a much-needed gap. >>

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the >>

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.

Jefferson, Thomas