"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
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Good
More From Thomas Jefferson
- "I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind."
- "Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."
- "Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
More In Good
- "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."― Alfred Hitchcock
- "A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time."― Frank Shorter
- "Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around."― Sylvia Earle