Thomas Jefferson Quote

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.


Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers (ed. 1829)


A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.