Jefferson often refers to Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, the principal author of its Declaration of Independence.
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“[W]e should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Musick, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions. The heart thus lightened, our pillows would be soft, and health and long life would attend the happy scene.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)