I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless officeThomas JeffersonauthoritypoliticspaineffortingratitudeintentionsCopy this quote
“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live
“People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains