Thomas Paine

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

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 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.

Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem to lightly.

Thomas Paine

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine

Honest men are the soft, easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Thomas Paine

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression;for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Thomas Paine

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow 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.

Thomas Paine

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Thomas Paine

Man must go back to nature for information.

Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Thomas Paine

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation is principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Thomas Paine

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

Thomas Paine

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Thomas Paine

'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.

Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

Thomas Paine

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem to lightly.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Honest men are the soft, easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

These are the times that try men's souls.

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression;for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow 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.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Man must go back to nature for information.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation is principle is always a vice.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

'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.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.