Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Friends

• 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.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Friendship, Happiness

  B. L. Rayner, Thomas Jefferson (1834). “Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait”, p.423

• Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

  Thomas Jefferson

  Friendship, Names, Volunteer

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.16, Cambridge University Press

• The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Friendship, Country, Effort

  B. L. Rayner, Thomas Jefferson (1834). “Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait”, p.155

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