Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. ✨ Thomas Jefferson,…

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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.56, Cambridge University Press
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.56, Cambridge University Press

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