#rin

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#bold #every #fearing #follow #i

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#civilized nations #commerce #money #morality #nations

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#covers #ends #equivalent #good #habitual

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#force #immediate #parent #principle #vital

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #containing #doctrines #everything #genuine

Power is not alluring to pure minds. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#minds #power #pure

As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#child #did #ever #hand #i

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#being #cannot #crowd #gladly #i

It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#against #boring #guy #i #myself

I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#bigger #designers #discovering #dress-up #enjoying