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"A prudent man, remembering that life is short, gives an hour or two, now and then, to a critical examination of his friendships." — Apr 15, 2015 11:09PM
"A prudent man, remembering that life is short, gives an hour or two, now and then, to a critical examination of his friendships." — Apr 15, 2015 11:09PM
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.”
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“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Everton’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Everton’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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14 friends
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0 books
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0 books
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1 book
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31 friends
43 books
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1 friend
0 books
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24 friends
0 books
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5 friends
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