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Class Quotes by Thomas Paine
- Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.
- The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the…
- Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of…
- There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
- Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in abundance.
- 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…
More Class Quotes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
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- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin