I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
Thomas Jefferson
Tag: Quote of the Day
03NOV2022 – Quote of the Day
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
Thomas Jefferson
02NOV2022 – Quote of the Day
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour?
Thomas Jefferson
01NOV2022 – Quote of the Day
I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Thomas Jefferson
31OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
The happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace.
Thomas Jefferson
30OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does compete with life.
Henry James
29OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Henry James
28OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
Don’t undervalue irony; it is often of great use.
Henry James
27OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Henry James
26OCT2022 – Quote of the Day
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Henry James