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Things Quotes by Thomas Paine
- When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared…
- 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…
- The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And, incomprehensibly difficult…
- Panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them…
- The New Testament rests itself for credulity and testimony on what are called prophecies in the Old Testament, of the person called Jesus Christ; and…
- Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion…
- Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. It is impossible to calculate…
- When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;…
- Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend the injured and insulted country, to protect the aged and the infant, and…
- It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has…
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- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle