Thomas Jefferson The hole and the patch should be commensurate. — Thomas Jefferson Tweet
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.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Thomas Jefferson
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other.