Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Jefferson, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 8: 25 February 1785 to 31 October 1785. Edited by Julian P. Boyd, Princeton UP, 1953, p. 406.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.