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A man may write himself out of reputation when nobody else can do it.
Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
Age: 72 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 29
Died: 1809
Died: June 8
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Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers of the books of the Bible.
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Ignorance is of a peculiar nature once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.
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All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man or the unity of man, as being all of one degree. Whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.
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If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.
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All Of Us Might Wish At Times That We Lived In A More Tranquil World....(yet) Our Times Are Challenging And Filled With Opportunity.
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The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.
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Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying
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It is unpleasant to see character throw itself away.
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Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter.
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Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
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All men can understand what representation is and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.
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He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.
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But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
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Human nature is not of itself vicious.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.
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For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have the right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others forever, and tho' himself might deserve some decent degree of honours of his cotemporaries, yet his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them.
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