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Origin Quotes by Thomas Paine
- The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and…
- Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here…
- It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas…
- 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…
- And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime delight,…
- The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing…
More Origin Quotes
- It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila
- Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton
- It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does… — Saint Basil
- I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking… — Mortimer Adler
- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler
- Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there… — Annie Besant
- Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested… — Ambrose Bierce
- When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as… — Jack Black