Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
汤马斯·傑弗逊（1743年－1826年）政治家，美国开国元勋，美国独立宣言主要起草人。美利坚合众国第叁任总统（1801年─1809年）。
731. It is my rule never to take a side in any part in the quarrels of others, nor to inquire into them. I generally presume them to flow from the indulgence of too much passion on both sides, and always find that each party thinks all the wrong was in his adversary. These bickerings, which are always useless, embitter human life more than any other cause…” 中文 / Chinese： 我的规则是从不介入或查问争执。我通常假定双方纵容太多情绪，总是认为错在对方。这些没用的争吵比任何事情更令人生变苦....
732. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. 中文 / Chinese：
在任何情况下保持冷静和沉著可以令一个人比其他人更有优势。
733. “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work. 中文 / Chinese：
我还没有失败。我找到了10,000个不可行的方法。
734. Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. 中文 / Chinese：
你想知道你是谁?不要问。行动！行动将会反映和界定你。
735. I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信银行体系对我们自由比军队更有危险性。
736. A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many. 中文 / Chinese：
给少数人很多的爱比给很多人少少的爱更佳。
737. Never spend your money before you have it. 中文 / Chinese：
永不花未曾拥有的金钱。
448. I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信每一个人对人好都会感到愉快。
449. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. 中文 / Chinese：
无论你做任何事情，假装自己好像被全世界看著。
450. Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. 中文 / Chinese：
用下午的时间来运动和娱乐，它跟阅读一样重要。它可说是更重要因为健康比学习重要。
451. I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. 中文 / Chinese：
我真心相信银行设施比军队更危险。
452. The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. 中文 / Chinese：
神给予我们生命，同一时间亦给予我们自由。
453. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. 中文 / Chinese：
一个人什麽也不读的人比一个只读报纸的人更有教养。
454. It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. 中文 / Chinese：
没有主意比坏主意好；不相信比信错好。
455. The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. 中文 / Chinese：
最成功的战争很少能够支付到它的损失。
191. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. 中文 / Chinese：
诚实是智慧书本的第一章。
192. Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. 中文 / Chinese：
我们每一天不学习一点有用的东西，每天就是白过了。人所拥有的东西没有比时间更高崇，更有价值。
193. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. 中文 / Chinese：
没有什麽东西可以阻止一个精神状态正确的人去达到他的目标；世上没有什麽东西可以帮助一个精神状态不正确的人。
194. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. 中文 / Chinese： 我喜欢将来的梦想，比过去的历史更佳。
195. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. 中文 / Chinese：
步行可能是最好的运动。培养远行的习惯。
196. I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. 中文 / Chinese：
我从不认为政治，宗教，哲学的意见分岐可作为朋友断交的理由。
197. Never spend your money before you have earned it. 中文 / Chinese：
不花还未赚到手的金钱。
198. When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. 中文 / Chinese： 生气的时候，数到十才说话。十分生气的时候，数到一百。
