Tag: Thomas Paine
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Thomas Paine
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Thomas Paine
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one’s own efforts.
Thomas Paine
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Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
Thomas Paine
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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Thomas Paine
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Thomas Paine
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The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
Thomas Paine
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He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.
Thomas Paine
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An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
Thomas Paine
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It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.
Thomas Paine