Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. ✨ Thomas Jef…

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Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2004). Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness, p.47, Modern Library
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