I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, w…

Thomas Jefferson
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I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers, p.341
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I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers, p.341

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