| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30827 |
| QUOTATION: | Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, March 28, 1787, to his daughter, Martha Jefferson. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, p. 34, eds. E.M. Betts and J.A. Bear, Jr. (1966). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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