"On a hot day in Virginia, I..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar.
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“I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company.”
“It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain the use of it within the limits of its faculties, "never to borrow a dollar without laying a tax in the same instant for paying the interest annually, and the principal within a given term; and to consider that tax as pledged to the creditors on the public faith."”
“We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities.”
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“I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.”
“I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.”
“The inclination of my life...has been to do things & make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amazing ways.”