| 45 Famous Quotes by Thomas Paine
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“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”
Appearance Quotes |
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“It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.”
Direction Quotes |
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“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.”
Infidelity Quotes |
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“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice”
Moderation Quotes |
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“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow”
Overcoming Quotes |
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“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law”
Persecution Quotes |
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“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
Principles Quotes |
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“There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord”
Reflection Quotes |
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“Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole”
Suspicion Quotes |
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“The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authority; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion”
Theology Quotes |
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“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace”
Trouble Quotes |
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“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice”
Virtue Quotes |
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“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary”
Virtue Quotes |
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“My country is the world, and my religion to do good.”
Patriotism Quotes Source: Rights of Man (ch. V)
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“I die content, I die for the liberty of my country.
[Fr., Je meurs content, je meurs pour la liberte de mon pays.]”
Patriotism Quotes Source: Rights of Man (ch. V)
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“The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is
difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime
makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the
sublime again.”
Ridicule Quotes Source: The Age of Reason (pt. II)
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“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.”
Obstacles Quotes |
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“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
Questions Quotes |
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“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
Religion Quotes |
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“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
Courage Quotes |
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“These are the times that try men's souls.”
Crisis Quotes |
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“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.”
Moderation Quotes |
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“Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”
Reason Quotes |
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“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Victory Quotes |
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“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
Politics / government Quotes |
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Thomas Paine Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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