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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 30741 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, October 12, 1786, to Maria Cosway. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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