#rin

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

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

#during #endeavoured #evolution #evolutionary #half

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. ↗

— Joan Jett

#being #being happy #concentrating #happy #having