The art of life is the art of avoiding pain and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. (Thomas Jefferson)

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.

Thomas Jefferson

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